Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and Kaposi's sarcoma in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-580

  Ramos da Silva, S ^a   Elgui de Oliveira, D ^a,b   Borges, L ^a   Bacchi, C E ^b,c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Consultoria em Patologia ^*  (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Human herpesvirus type 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral carcinogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33646416752     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000500002     Document Type: Article

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