Detection of human herpesvirus 8 DNA sequences in tissues and bodily fluids

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1610-1615

  LaDuca, Jeffrey R ^b   Love, Jayne L ^b   Abbott, Lynn Z ^b   Dube, Syamalima ^b   Freidman Kien, Alvin E ^b   Poiesz, Bernard J ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFECTION RISK; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; VIRUS DETECTION;

DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MONOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 0031794770     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314514     Document Type: Article

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