Human herpesvirus 8 variants in Venezuelan patients with AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma [2]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-386

  Hernàndez, Dimas E ^a,c   Masquelier, Bernard ^b   Pèrez, Omidres ^a   Oliver, Margarita ^a   Fleury, Hervè J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; VARIATION (GENETICS); VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037311383     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346041     Document Type: Letter

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