The seroepidemiology of human herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus): Distribution of infection in KS risk groups and evidence for sexual transmission

Nature Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 918-924

  Kedes, Dean H ^a   Operskalski, Eva ^b   Busch, Michael ^c   Kohn, Robert ^d   Flood, Jennifer ^d   Ganem, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d S Francisco Dept of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029817693     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0896-918     Document Type: Article

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