Increasing seroprevalence of Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) with age confirms HHV-8 endemicity in Amazon Amerindians from Brazil

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2433-2437

  Cunha, A M G ^a,b   Caterino de Araujo, A ^c   Costa, S C B ^a   Santos Fortuna, E ^c   Boa Sorte, N C A ^b,d   Goncalves M S ^b   Costa, F F ^a   Galvao Castro B ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d Bahia Foundation for Science Development   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 23844476275     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81087-0     Document Type: Article

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