Seroprevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in the general population from Hubei Province

Virologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-101

  Fang, Qin ^a   Liu, Juan ^a,b   Bai, Zhi Qiang ^a,b   Kang, Tao ^a,b   He, Zhi Heng ^a,b   Hu, Zhi Hong ^a   Gao, Shou Jiang ^a,c  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV 8); Kaposi's sarcoma (KS); Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV); Serological assay

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS INFECTION;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MIRIDAE;

EID: 33645551388     PISSN: 10035125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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