Human herpesvirus 8 as a potential sexually transmitted agent in honduras

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 547-551

  Sosa, C ^b   Klaskala, W ^b   Chandran, B ^b   Soto, R ^b   Sieczkowski, L ^b   Wu, M H ^b   Baum, M ^b   Wood, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HONDURAS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0031872392     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517471     Document Type: Article

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