Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 202-204

  Chang, Yuan ^a,f   Ziegler, John ^b   Wabinga, Henry ^b   Katangole Mbidde, Edward ^c   Boshoff, Chris ^d   Schulz, Thomas ^d   Whitby, Denise ^d   Maddalena, Dawn ^a   Jaffe, Harold W ^e   Weiss, Robin A ^d   Moore, Patrick S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^c UGANDA CANCER INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UGANDA;

EID: 0005086346     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.2.202     Document Type: Article

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