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What Is the Burden of Heterosexually Acquired HIV Due to HSV-2? Global and Regional Model-Based Estimates of the Proportion and Number of HIV Infections Attributable to HSV-2 Infection
Author(s) -
Romain Silhol,
Helen Coupland,
Rebecca F. Baggaley,
Linda B. Miller,
Lisa Staadegaard,
Sami L. Gottlieb,
James Stannah,
Katherine Mary Elizabeth Turner,
Peter Vickerman,
Richard Hayes,
Philippe Mayaud,
Katharine J Looker,
Marie-Claude Boily
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002743
Subject(s) - transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , medicine , population , demography , virology , immunology , environmental health , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
Biological and epidemiological evidence suggest that herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) elevates HIV acquisition and transmission risks. We improved previous estimates of the contribution of HSV-2 to HIV infections by using a dynamic transmission model.

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