Seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 in human immunodeficiency virus 1- positive and human immunodeficiency virus 1-negative populations in Japan

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-162

  Fujii, Tatsuya ^a   Taguchi, Hitomi ^a   Katano, Harutaka ^a   Mori, Shigeo ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a   Nojiri, Noriyuki ^b   Nakajima, Kazunori ^b   Tadokoro, Kenji ^b   Juji, Takeo ^b   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL LINE; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LANA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032923942     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199902)57:2<159::AID-JMV12>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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