An estimate of the global prevalence and incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection

• Asıl Yazarlar: Katharine J Looker (Yazar), Geoffrey P Garnett (Yazar), George P Schmid (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: The World Health Organization.
• Konular: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the global prevalence and incidence of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection in 2003. METHODS: A systematic review was undertaken of published seroprevalence surveys describing the prevalence or incidence of HSV-2 by age and gender. For each of 12 regions, pooled preva...