High incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and Epstein- Barr virus in tumor lesions and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with Kaposi's sarcoma in Uganda

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 947-950

  Purvis, Scott F ^b   Katongole Mbidde, Edward ^b   Johnson, John L ^b   Leonard, Debra G B ^b   Byabazaire, Naome ^b   Luckey, Carol ^b   Elizabeth Schick, H ^b   Wallis, Robert ^b   Elmets, Craig A ^b   Giam, Chou Zen ^a  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; UGANDA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 16944365124     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513997     Document Type: Article

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