Human herpesvirus type 8 infection in an area of Northern Italy with high incidence of classical Kaposi's sarcoma

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 571-575

  Tanzi, Elisabetta ^a   Zappa, Alessandra ^a   Caramaschi, Fausta ^b   Amendola, Antonella ^a   Lasagna, Donatella ^b   Gatti, Luciana ^b   Ascoli, Valeria ^c   Rezza, Giovanni ^d   Zanetti, Alessandro R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classical Kaposi's sarcoma; HHV 8; HHV 8 seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 21744455154     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20400     Document Type: Article

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