High Seroprevalence of Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in HIV-1-Infected Pregnant Women of Southeastern Italy: Association with Injection Drug Use and Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 656-660

  Fiore, Josè Ramòn ^a   Volpe, Anna ^a   Tosatti, Maria Alessandra ^b   De Valentin, Lucia ^b   Favia, Anna ^a   Chironna, Maria ^a   Lisco, Andrea ^a,b   Vimercati, Antonella ^a   Angarano, Gioacchino ^a   Chieco Bianchi, Luigi ^b   Calabrò, Maria Luisa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCV; HHV 8; Mother child pairs; Risk factors; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; LATENCY ASSOCIATED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; NEWBORN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREGNANCY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 10744227865     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20042     Document Type: Article

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