Increased human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in young homosexual men who have multiple sex contacts with different partners

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 237-239

  Blackbourn, David J ^b   Osmond, Dennis ^b   Levy, Jay A ^a   Lennette, Evelyne T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0009528086     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314570     Document Type: Article

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