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HSV-2 Infection as a Cause of Female/Male and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV Infection

OBJECTIVES: To examine the potential contribution of herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) infection to female/male and racial/ethnic disparities in HIV among non-injecting heroin and cocaine drug users. HSV-2 infection increases susceptibility to HIV infection by a factor of two to three. METHODS: Subject...

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Autores principales: Des Jarlais, Don C., Arasteh, Kamyar, McKnight, Courtney, Perlman, David C., Cooper, Hannah L. F., Hagan, Holly
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3688945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23825055
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066874