What is the burden of heterosexually-acquired HIV due to HSV-2? Global and regional model-based estimates of the proportion and number of HIV infections attributable to HSV-2 infection.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2021 at "Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes"
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002743
Abstract: BACKGROUND Biological and epidemiological evidence suggest that herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) elevates HIV acquisition and transmission risk. We improved previous estimates of the contribution of HSV-2 to HIV infections by using a dynamic-transmission… read more here.
Keywords: hiv infections; hiv; hsv; model ... See more keywords