Epidemiology
HSV-2/Genital Herpes Linked to HIV in South Africa
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 6th, 2000
While genital ulcers are a risk factor in HIV infection, the association of specific agents of genital ulcer disease (GUD) with HIV infection may vary.
In this study, C.Y. Chen and colleagues from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sought to determine the etiology of GUD in HIV infected and HIV uninfected men attending sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Durban, Johannesburg, and Cape Town, South Africa, and the association of previous and current sexually transmitted infections with HIV infection in men with...
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