Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in the saliva of individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 406-407

  Boldogh, Istvan ^b   Szaniszlo, Peter ^b   Bresnahan, Wade A ^b   Flaitz, Catherine M ^b   Nichols, Mark C ^b   Albrecht, Thomas ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA HERPESVIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029814781     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.406     Document Type: Article

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