Open AccessThe epidemiology of HSV-2 infection and its association with HIV infection in four urban African populations
Author(s) -
Helen A. Weiss,
Anne Buvé,
Noah Jamie Robinson,
E Van Dyck,
Maina Kahindo,
S. Anagonou,
Rosemary Musonda,
Léopold Zekeng,
Linda Morison,
Michel Caraël,
Marie Laga,
Richard Hayes
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/00002030-200108004-00011
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , odds ratio , population , epidemiology , confidence interval , young adult , cross sectional study , environmental health , gerontology , pathology , sociology
To estimate age- and sex-specific herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) prevalence in urban African adult populations and to identify factors associated with infection.