Prevalence, Incidence and Determinants of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection among HIV-Seronegative Women at High-Risk of HIV Infection: A Prospective Study in Beira, Mozambique

Ivete Meque; Karine Dubé; Paul J. Feldblum; Archie C. A. Clements; Arlinda Zango; Fidelina Cumbe; Pai Lien Chen; Josefo J. Ferro; Janneke H. van de Wijgert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0089705

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Prevalence, Incidence and Determinants of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection among HIV-Seronegative Women at High-Risk of HIV Infection: A Prospective Study in Beira, Mozambique

Ivete Meque ,

* E-mail: ive.meque@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDI), Beira, Mozambique
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Karine Dubé,

Affiliations FHI 360, Clinical Sciences Unit, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Paul J. Feldblum,

Affiliation FHI 360, Clinical Sciences Unit, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Archie C. A. Clements,

Affiliation University of Queensland, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, School of Population Health, Brisbane, Australia
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Arlinda Zango,

Affiliation Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDI), Beira, Mozambique
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Fidelina Cumbe,

Affiliation Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDI), Beira, Mozambique
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Pai Lien Chen,

Affiliation FHI 360, Clinical Sciences Unit, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Josefo J. Ferro,

Affiliation Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDI), Beira, Mozambique
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Janneke H. van de Wijgert

Affiliations Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD) and Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, University of Liverpool, Institute of Infection and Global Health, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Prevalence, Incidence and Determinants of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection among HIV-Seronegative Women at High-Risk of HIV Infection: A Prospective Study in Beira, Mozambique

Ivete Meque,
Karine Dubé,
Paul J. Feldblum,
Archie C. A. Clements,
Arlinda Zango,
Fidelina Cumbe,
Pai Lien Chen,
Josefo J. Ferro,
Janneke H. van de Wijgert

Published: February 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089705

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