Human serum antibodies to a major defined epitope of human herpesvirus 8 small viral capsid antigen

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1016-1020

  Tedeschi, Rosamaria ^a   De Paoli, Paolo ^b   Schulz, Thomas F ^b   Dillner, Joakim ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PEPTIDE; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032932437     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314657     Document Type: Article

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