Assessment of a combined testing strategy for detection of antibodies to human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in persons with Kaposi's sarcoma, persons with asymptomatic HHV-8 infection, and persons at low risk for HHV-8 infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3822-3825

  Casper, Corey ^a   Krantz, Elizabeth ^a   Taylor, Heather ^a   Dalessio, Julie ^a   Carrell, David ^a   Wald, Anna ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a   Ashley, Rhoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KAPOSI SARCOMA; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 0036791250     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3822-3825.2002     Document Type: Article

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