Frequent presence of a novel herpesvirus genome in lesions of human immunodeficiency virus-negative Kaposi's sarcoma

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 248-251

  Chuck, Steven ^b   Grant, Robert M ^b   Katongole Mbidde, Edward ^b   Conant, Marcus ^b   Ganem, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030022766     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.1.248     Document Type: Article

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