Genital Shedding of Herpes Simplex Virus among Men
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Genital shedding of herpes simplex virus among symptomatic and asymptomatic persons with HSV-2 infection.
CONTEXT Since herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) antibody tests have become commercially available, an increasing number of persons have learned that they have genital herpes through serologic testing. The course of natural history of HSV-2 in asymptomatic, seropositive persons is uncertain. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the virologic and clinical course of HSV genital shedding among individuals wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1086/342969