Correlates of human herpesvirus-8 seropositivity among U.S. military members recently infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 713-718

  Crum, Nancy F ^a   Wallace, Mark R ^a   Stephan, Kevin ^b,c   Blazes, David L ^b,c   Aronson, Naomi ^c,d   Tasker, Sybil A ^b,c   Thomas, Anne G ^a   Wegner, Scott ^c,e   Casper, Corey ^f   Wald, Anna ^f,g   Corey, Lawrence ^f,g   Brodine, Stephanie K ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e US Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COMORBIDITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOLDIER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEPATITIS B; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042384746     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000078627.30743.4A     Document Type: Article

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