Human herpesvirus 8: Seroepidemiology among women and detection in the genital tract of seropositive women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 234-236

  Whitby, Denise ^b   Smith, Nicola A ^b   Matthews, Steve ^b   O'Shea, Siobhan ^b   Sabin, Caroline A ^b   Kulasegaram, Ranjababu ^b   Boshoff, Chris ^b   Weiss, Robin A ^b   De Ruiter, Annemiek ^b   Best, Jennifer M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION;

AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CERVIX UTERI; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; LONDON; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0032908989     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314563     Document Type: Article

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