High prevalence of epstein-barr virus type 2 among homosexual men is caused by sexual transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2045-2049

  Van Baarle, Debbie ^a   Hovenkamp, Egbert ^a   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^d   Renwick, Neil ^b   Kersten, Marie José ^c   Goudsmit, Jaap ^b   Coutinho, Roel A ^b,d   Miedema, Frank ^a,b   Van Oers, Marinus H J ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034125385     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315521     Document Type: Article

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