Prevalence of antibodies to HHV-8 in the general population and in individuals at risk for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in Catania, Eastern Sicily

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-85

  Larocca, Licia ^a   Leto, Daniela ^a   Celesta, Benedetto Maurizio ^a   Maccarrone, Santo ^b   Mazza, Carmelo ^c   Cacopardo, Bruno ^a   Nigro, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale No 3   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY EFFUSION LYMPHOMA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SICILY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 22544472693     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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