Prevalence and transmission of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (Human herpes virus 8) in Ugandan children and adolescents

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 817-820

  Mayama, Satoshi ^a   Cuevas, Luis E ^a   Sheldon, Julie ^b   Omar, Omar H ^b   Smith, David H ^a   Okong, Pious ^c   Silvel, Bachendeka ^c   Hart, C Anthony ^b   Schulz, Thomas F ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Nsambya Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; UGANDA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031821544     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980911)77:6<817::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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