Seroepidemiological study of herpes simplex virus type 2 in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Seroepidemiological study of herpes simplex virus type 2 in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This study was designed to determine the seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and to evaluate its association with age, sex as well as other demographic and behavioural factors in 150 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive adults patients attending the general medical outpatien...

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Main Authors: Flávia Cunha Santos, Solange Artimos de Oliveira, Sérgio Setúbal, Luiz Antonio Bastos Camacho, Tereza Faillace, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite, Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2006-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
herpes simplex virus type 2
seroprevalence
human immunodeficiency virus positive
Brazil
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