Should sexually transmitted disease clinics routinely offer serologic testing for genital herpes?

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Michael F Rein. Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2006 Jan.

. 2006 Jan;8(1):1-2.

doi: 10.1007/s11908-006-0027-3.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville 22908, USA. mfr6t@virginia.edu

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