Transmission of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus between mothers and children in a South African population

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-355

  Malope, Babatyi I ^a,b   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^c   Mbisa, Georgina ^d   Stein, Lara ^a   Ratshikhopha, Edith M ^a   O'Connell, Dianne L ^e   Sitas, Freddy ^a,e   MacPhail, Patrick ^b   Whitby, Denise ^c,d,f  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^f SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; HIV; Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33847324735     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31802f12ea     Document Type: Article

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