Absence of detectable human herpesvirus 8 in the semen of human immunodeficiency virus - Infected men without Kaposi's Sarcoma

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 775-777

  Diamond, Catherine ^a   Huang, Meei Li ^a   Kedes, Dean H ^a   Speck, Carl ^a   Rankin Jr , George W ^a   Ganem, Don ^a   Coombs, Robert W ^a   Rose, Timothy M ^a   Krieger, John N ^a   Corey, Lawrence ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 16944366855     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517299     Document Type: Article

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