Human herpesvirus 8 in Brazilian Amerindians: A hyperendemic population with a new subtype

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1562-1568

  Biggar, Robert J ^a,e   Whitby, Denise ^b   Marshall, Vickie ^b   Linhares, Alexandre C ^c   Black, Francis ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EPS 8014 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0034129545     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315456     Document Type: Article

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