Molecular epidemiology and KSHV K1 subtypes in a Cuban AIDS-Kaposi's sarcoma population

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 984-987

  Kouri, Vivian ^a   Liang, Xiaozhen ^b   Rodriguez, Maria Elena ^a   Capo, Virginia ^a   Resik, Sonia ^a   Barrios, Julio ^a   Mantecon, Beatriz ^a   Blanco, Orestes ^a   Means, Robert ^b   Jung, Jae U ^b   Lee, Bok Soo ^b   Hengge, Ulrich R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20644436707     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000171416.07034.d6     Document Type: Article

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