Epidemiological Survey of Human Alphaherpesvirus 2 (HSV-2) Infection in Indigenous People of Dourados Municipality, Central Brazil

Epidemiological Survey of Human Alphaherpesvirus 2 (HSV-2) Infection in Indigenous People of Dourados Municipality, Central Brazil

Sexually transmitted Human alphaherpesvirus 2 (HSV-2) causes genital ulcers, especially among sexually active adolescents and adults. We estimated the exact prevalence of anti-HSV-2 antibodies and correlated it with the demographic and behavioral aspects of the Indigenous population of the Jaguapirú...

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Main Authors: Flávia Freitas de Oliveira Bonfim, Livia Melo Villar, Julio Croda, Solange Rodrigues da Silva, Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves, Vivianne de Oliveira Landgraf de Castro, Grazielli Rocha de Rezende Romeira, Gabriela Alves Cesar, Sabrina Moreira dos Santos Weis-Torres, Marco Aurélio Horta, Simone Simionatto, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Vanessa Salete de Paula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
human alphaherpesvirus 2
human herpes virus 2
indigenous
ethnicity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/4/197

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