Prevalence of human herpesvirus-8 infection in HIV-positive patients with and without Kaposi's sarcoma in Hungary

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-268

  Szalai, Erika ^a   Gerlei, Zsuzsanna ^a   Szlávik, János ^a   Szládek, Györgyi ^b   Patel, Ravi ^b   Hunyadi, János ^b   Gergely, Lajos ^b   Juhász, Attila ^b  

^a Szent Laszlo Hospital   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Human herpesvirus 8; orf65; orf73; orfK8.1; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUNGARY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 12844261725     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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