Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-31

  Boshoff, Chris ^a   Weiss, Robin A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYCLINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8 RECEPTOR;

HERPES VIRUS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; PATHOGENESIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030975706     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-199702000-00007     Document Type: Short Survey

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