Human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in an STD clinic in Paris: A study of 512 patients

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 698-702

  Janier, Michel ^a   Agbalika, Félix ^a   De La Salmonière, Pauline ^a   Lassau, François ^a   Lagrange, Philippe ^a   Morel, Patrice ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0036842359     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200211000-00013     Document Type: Article

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