Consistency of the low seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 and the rarity of Kaposi's sarcoma in South Korea

Journal of Bacteriology and Virology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-279

  Kim, Okjin ^a   Kim, Sung Soon ^a   Choi, Byeong Sun ^a   Sun, Soon Deok ^a   Lee, Min Woo ^a   Kim, Ki Soo ^a   Park, Mi Sun ^a   Lee, Joo Shil ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMV; EBV; HHV 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; KSHV; Seroprevalence; South Korea; VZV

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH KOREA; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 24044496680     PISSN: 15982467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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