Open AccessRisk Factors for Incident Herpes Simplex Type 2 Virus Infection Among Women Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
Author(s) -
Maria Gallo,
Lee Warner,
Maurizio Macaluso,
Katherine M. Stone,
Ilene Brill,
Michael Fleenor,
Edward W. Hook,
Harland Austin,
Francis K. Lee,
André J. Nahmias
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e31816fcaf8
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , bacterial vaginosis , sexually transmitted disease , hazard ratio , herpes simplex virus , obstetrics , confidence interval , immunology , syphilis , virus , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , optics
To estimate the incidence of herpes simplex type 2 virus (HSV-2) infection, to identify risk factors for its acquisition, and to assess the protective effect of condoms.