Human herpesvirus 8 transmission from mother to child and between siblings in an endemic population

Lancet

Volumn 356, Issue 9235, 2000, Pages 1062-1065

  Plancoulaine, Sabine ^a,b,d   Abel, Laurent ^a,d   Van Beveren, Monique ^b,c   Trégouët, David Alexandre ^a   Joubert, Michel ^e   Tortevoye, Patricia ^b   De Thé, Guy ^b,c   Gessain, Antoine ^b,c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Unité d'Epidémiologie des Virus Oncogènes   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Service Medical de la Direction Departementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales de Guyane   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFECTION RISK; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SIBLING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034706262     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02729-X     Document Type: Article

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