Confirming shedding of human herpesvirus 8 in urine from infected patients in Brazil [3]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1008-

  Santos Fortuna, Elizabeth ^a   Caterino de Araujo, Adele ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BRAZIL; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; URINE; VIRUS SHEDDING;

DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 13844270914     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.1008.2005     Document Type: Letter

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