Is Epstein-Barr virus transmitted sexually?

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-470

  Pagano, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CONDOM; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EDITORIAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CERVIX UTERI; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 33846846736     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510861     Document Type: Editorial

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