Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) Western blot confirmatory testing among men testing positive for HSV-2 using the focus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in a sexually transmitted disease clinic.

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Published in Sex Transm Dis on December 01, 2005

Authors

Matthew R Golden1, Rhoda Ashley-Morrow, Paul Swenson, Wayne R Hogrefe, H Hunter Handsfield, Anna Wald

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. golden@u.washington.edu

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