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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

Matthew R. Golden, Rhoda Ashley‐Morrow, Paul D. Swenson, Wayne Hogrefe, H. Hunter Handsfield, Anna Wald

Sexually Transmitted Diseases · 2005 · 83 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

Clinicians should consider selectively using a higher index value to define Focus ELISA HSV-2 positivity based on either HSV-1 serostatus or clinical circumstances.

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