Disparities in herpes simplex virus type 2 infection between black and white men who have sex with men in Atlanta, GA

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 740-745

  Okafor, Netochukwu ^a   Rosenberg, Eli S ^a   Luisi, Nicole ^a   Sanchez, Travis ^a   del Rio, Carlos ^a,b   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a   Kelley, Colleen F ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; disparities; herpes simplex virus type 2; HIV; HSV2; men who have sex with men; seroprevalence; Sexually transmitted infections; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CIRCUMCISION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 2 INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNPROTECTED SEX; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HERPES GENITALIS; HIV INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938494094     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462414552814     Document Type: Article

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