Human herpesvirus 8 DNA load in leukocytes of human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects: Correlation with the presence of Kaposi's sarcoma and response to anticytomegalovirus therapy

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 377-380

  Boivin, Guy ^a,b,c   Gaudreau, Annie ^a   Toma, Emil ^d   Lalonde, Richard ^e   Routy, Jean Pierre ^e   Murray, Gilles ^b   Handfield, Julie ^a   Bergeron, Michel G ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEUKOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0032994198     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.2.377     Document Type: Article

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