Underdiagnosis of genital herpes by current clinical and viral-isolation procedures.

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Published in N Engl J Med on June 04, 1992

Authors

L A Koutsky1, C E Stevens, K K Holmes, R L Ashley, N B Kiviat, C W Critchlow, L Corey

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle.

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