Detection of human herpesvirus 8 in cervicovaginal secretions and seroprevalence in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive and - seronegative women

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1534-1537

  Calabrò, Maria Luisa ^a,b   Fiore, Josè Ramon ^a,b   Favero, Anna ^a,b   Lepera, Achiropita ^a,b   Saracino, Annalisa ^a,b   Angarano, Gioacchino ^a,b   Schulz, Thomas Friedrich ^a,b   Chieco Bianchi, Luigi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS; VAGINA SECRETION; VIRUS DETECTION;

CERVIX MUCUS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; SEMEN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VAGINA;

EID: 0033052608     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314765     Document Type: Article

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