Risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 infection among adults in the United States and evidence for sexual transmission

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-207

  Engels, Eric A ^a   Atkinson, Jonnae O ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^a   McQuillan, Geraldine M ^c   Gamache, Christine ^d   Mbisa, Georgina ^d   Cohn, Silvia ^b   Whitby, Denise ^d   Goedert, James J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c National Centers for Health Statistics   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447265448     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518791     Document Type: Article

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