Correlates of Human Herpesvirus-8 DNA detection among adults in Italy without Kaposi sarcoma

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1110-1117

  Brown, Elizabeth E ^a,b   Whitby, Denise ^c   Vitale, Francesco ^d   Fei, Paola Cordiali ^e   Del Carpio, Carla ^f   Marshall, Vickie ^c   Alberg, Anthony J ^g   Serraino, Diego ^g   Messina, Angelo ^h   Gafa, Lorenzo ⁱ   Goedert, James J ^a   Romano, Nino ^d   Ajello, Francesca ^d   Bonura, Filippa ^d   Perna, Anna Maria ^d   Viviano, Enza ^d   Tramuto, Fabio ^d   Villafrate, Maria Rosaria ^d   Di Benedetto, Maria Antonella ^d   Tamburini, Mario ^j   Montella, Mauizio ^j   Crispo, Anna ^j   De Sicato, Sonia ^j   De Marco, Maria Rosaria ^j   Ascierto, Paolo ^j   Piselli, Pierluca ^g   Rezza, Giovanni ^k   Valdarchi, Catia ^k   Corona, Rosa Maria ^l   Giuliani, Massimo ^e   Castilletti, Concetta ^e   Lauria, Carmela ⁱ   Laura, Caruso ^h   Stella, Stefania ^h   Massimino, Michele ^h   Kroner, Barbara ^m   Biggar, Robert J ^a   Rabkin, Charles S ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f Ospedale dei Bambini di Palermo   (Italy)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

ⁱ Lega Italiana per la Lotta Contro i Tumori Sez Ragusa   (Italy)

^j NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^k ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^l LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^m RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

HHV8; Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus; KSHV; Viral DNA; Viral load

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COMORBIDITY; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 27544449783     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi131     Document Type: Article

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