Detection of human herpesvirus 8 DNA in serum from blood donors with HHV-8 antibodies indicates possible bloodborne virus transmission

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 264-267

  Enbom, Malin ^a,c   Urassa, Willy ^b   Massambu, Charles ^b   Thorstensson, Rigmor ^a   Mhalu, Fred ^b   Linde, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Immunofluorescence assay; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANZANIA;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 0036779232     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.10183     Document Type: Article

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