The effects of herpes simplex virus-2 on HIV-1 acquisition and transmission: a review of two overlapping epidemics.

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Published in J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr on April 15, 2004

Authors

Lawrence Corey1, Anna Wald, Connie L Celum, Thomas C Quinn

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Washington Program in Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. lcorey@u.washington.edu

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