Sexual transmission and the natural history of human herpesvirus 8 infection

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 948-954

  Martin, Jeffrey N ^a   Ganem, Donald E ^b,c   Osmond, Dennis H ^a   Page Shafer, Kimberly A ^a   Macrae, Don ^b   Kedes, Dean H ^c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032473922     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199804023381403     Document Type: Article

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