High seroprevalence of antibodies to human herpesvirus-8 in Egyptian children: Evidence of nonsexual transmission

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 465-469

  Andreoni, Massimo ^a   El Sawaf, Gamal ^c   Rezza, Giovanni ^b   Ensoli, Barbara ^b   Nicastri, Emanuele ^a   Ventura, Laura ^a   Ercoli, Lucia ^a   Sarmati, Loredana ^a   Rocchi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c University Tor Vergata ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033518888     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.5.465     Document Type: Article

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