Transmission of human herpesvirus 8 by sexual activity among adults in Lagos, Nigeria

AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2473-2478

  Eltom, Mohamed A ^a,d   Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a   Dada, Abinbola J ^b   Whitby, Denise ^c   Biggar, Robert J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GPO Marina No 3868   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Chancroid; Commercial sex workers; Hemophilus ducreyi; Herpesvirus simplex; KSHV; Sexually transmitted diseases; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SAFE SEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 0037032951     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200212060-00014     Document Type: Article

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