Geographic variation in human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence and possible association with exposure to bites from blood-sucking arthropods [1]

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-402

  Ascoli, Valeria ^a,b   Manno, Daniela ^a   Coluzzi, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INSECT BITE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; FRENCH GUIANA; GEOGRAPHY; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33746338421     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505083     Document Type: Letter

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