Virologic Characteristics of Subclinical and Symptomatic Genital Herpes Infections
- 21 September 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 333 (12) , 770-775
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199509213331205
Abstract
The frequency, pattern, and anatomical sites of subclinical shedding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the genital tract, along with factors that predict such shedding, have not been well characterized.Keywords
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