Risk factors for Kaposi's-sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8) seropositivity in a cohort of homosexual men, 1981-1996

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 543-548

  Melbye, Mads ^a,e   Cook, Pamela M ^b   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^a   Begtrup, Kamilla ^a   Simpson, Guy R ^b   Biggar, Robert J ^c   Ebbesen, Peter ^d   Schulz, Thomas F ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 0031823905     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980812)77:4<543::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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