Seropositivity to human herpesvirus 8 in relation to sexual history and risk of sexually transmitted infections among women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 232-235

  Tedeschi, Rosamaria ^a,b   Caggiari, Laura ^a   Silins, Ilvars ^b   Kallings, Ingegerd ^c   Andersson Ellström, Agneta ^d   De Paoli, Paolo ^a   Dillner, Joakim ^b,c  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d Centre for Public Health Research Karlstad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034661743     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20000715)87:2<232::AID-IJC13>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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