| genital ulcers: etiology, clinical diagnosis, and associated human immunodeficiency virus infection in kingston, jamaica. | individuals presenting consecutively with genital ulcers in kingston, jamaica, underwent serological testing for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection, chlamydial infection, and syphilis. ulcer material was analyzed by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (m-pcr) analysis. dna from herpes simplex virus (hsv), haemophilus ducreyi, and treponema pallidum was detected in 158 (52.0%), 72 (23.7%), and 31 (10.2%) of 304 ulcer specimens. of the 304 subjects, 67 (22%) were hiv-seropositive and 64 ... | 1999 | 10452639 |