High human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in populations from Western Balkan countries

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 933-937

  Chironna, Maria ^a   Tosatti, Maria Alessandra ^b   Di Gangi, Iole Maria ^b   Sallustio, Anna ^a   Germinario, Cinzia ^a   Coluzzi, Mario ^c   Quarto, Michele ^a   Chieco Bianchi, Luigi ^b   Calabrò, Maria Luisa ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

HHV8; KSHV; Seroepidemiology; Transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KOSOVO; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YUGOSLAVIA (PRE-1992);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBANIA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRAL PROTEINS; YUGOSLAVIA;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 33744959647     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20644     Document Type: Article

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