Human herpesvirus 8 primary infection occurs during childhood in Cameroon, Central Africa

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-192

  Gessain, Antoine ^a   Mauclère, Philippe ^a   Van Beveren, Monique ^a   Plancoulaine, Sabine ^a   Ayouba, Ahidjo ^b   Essame Oyono, Jean Louis ^b   Martin, Paul M V ^b   De Thé, Guy ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CANCER RISK; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0032963633     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19990412)81:2<189::aid-ijc4>3.0.co;2-e     Document Type: Article

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