Novel human herpesvirus 8 subtype D strains in Vanuatu, Melanesia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1745-1748

  Cassar, Olivier ^a,b   Afonso, Philippe V ^b   Bassot, Sylviane ^b   Plancoulaine, Sabine ^b,c   Duprez, Renan ^b   Capuano, Corinne ^d   Abel, Myriam ^e   Martin, Paul M V ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^b  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Ministry of Health   (Vanuatu)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANESIA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 36248982199     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1311.070636     Document Type: Article

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