Risk of occupational human herpesvirus 8 infection for health care workers

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2156-2157

  Gärtner, Barbara C ^a   Kloss, Alexandra ^a   Kaul, Harald ^a   Sester, Urban ^a   Roemer, Klaus ^a   Pees, Hans ^a   Köhler, Hans ^a   Mueller Lantzsch, Nikolaus ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0037613752     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2156-2157.2003     Document Type: Article

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