Seroprevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 in several regions of Italy

Journal of Human Virology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-213

  Calabro M L ^a,e   Sheldon, J ^b   Favero, A ^a   Simpson, G R ^b   Fiore, J R ^c   Gomes, E ^d   Angarano, G ^c   Chieco Bianchi, L ^a   Schulz, T F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e Oncology Section   (Italy)

Author keywords

HHV 8; KSHV; LANA; ORF65; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; LATENCY-ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032009941     PISSN: 10909508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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