Risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 infection in a cohort of drug users in the Netherlands, 1985-1996

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1808-1812

  Renwick, Neil ^a   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^b   Weverling, Gerrit Jan ^a   Sheldon, Julie A ^c   Schulz, Thomas F ^c   Prins, Maria ^b   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,b   Goudsmit, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DRUG ABUSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0037097802     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340817     Document Type: Article

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