Kaposi's sarcoma and anti-herpes virus 8 antibodies in Morocco;Maladie de Kaposi et anticorps anti-herpès virus-8 au Maroc

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 226-228

  El Kassimi, B ^a,b   Benchemsi, N ^a   Mikou, O ^a   El Ouazzani, T ^a   Lakhdar, H ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine   (Morocco)

Author keywords

HHV8; Kaposi's sarcoma

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MOROCCO; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0344490267     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(03)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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