Detection and genetic polymorphism of human herpes virus type 8 in endemic or epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma from West and Central Africa, and South America

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 166-170

  Fouchard, Nathalie ^a   Lacoste, Vincent ^a   Couppie, Pierre ^b   Develoux, Michel ^c   Mauclere, Philippe ^d   Michel, Philippe ^f   Herve, Vincent ^f   Pradinaud, Roger ^b   Bestetti, Giovanna ^a   Huerre, Michel ^e   Tekaia, Fredj ^e   De Thé, Guy ^f   Gessain, Antoine ^a,e  

^a Institut Pasteur   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Aristide Le Dantec de Dakar   (Senegal)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTH AMERICA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0034650670     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000115)85:2%3C166::AID-IJC3%3E3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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