Increasing Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus seroprevalence with age in a highly Kaposi's sarcoma endemic region, Zambia in 1985

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1921-1925

  Olsen, Sonja J ^a   Chang, Yuan ^a   Moore, Patrick S ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^b   Melbye, Mads ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV; Kaposi's sarcoma; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; Seroprevalence; Zambia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032189601     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199814000-00024     Document Type: Article

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