Open AccessEffect of Condoms on Reducing the Transmission of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 From Men to Women
Author(s) -
Anna Wald
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.285.24.3100
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , herpes simplex virus , condom , confidence interval , population , placebo , transmission (telecommunications) , obstetrics , gynecology , demography , immunology , virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States. No prospective study has shown the ability of condoms to reduce transmission of HSV-2.
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