Reduced seroprevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), related to suppression of Anopheles density in Italy

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-464

  Coluzzi, M ^a   Calabro M L ^b   Manno, D ^a   Chieco Bianchi, L ^b   Schulz, T F ^c   Ascoli, V ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anopheles labranchiae; Anti malaria campaign; Arthropod bites; Birth cohort; Blood donors; Blood sucking insects; DDT; Haematophagy; Human herpesvirus 8; Italy; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Saliva; Seroprevalence; Vector control

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

BLOOD; DDT; MALARIA; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SALIVA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SALIVA; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES LABRANCHIAE; ARTHROPODA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HERPESVIRIDAE; HEXAPODA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INSECTA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 1842582761     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2003.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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