The acceptability of the introduction of a type specific herpes antibody screening test into a genitourinary medicine clinic in the United Kingdom.

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Published in Sex Transm Infect on April 01, 2003

Authors

H M Mullan1, P E Munday

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Watford General Hospital, Watford, Herts, UK. hmullan@doctors.org.uk

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