The prevalence of HIV by ethnic group is correlated with HSV-2 and syphilis prevalence in Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kenyon, Chris Richard ^a,b   Osbak, Kara ^a   Buyze, Jozefien ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911860760     PISSN: 1687708X     EISSN: 16877098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/284317     Document Type: Article

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