Mother-to-child transmission of human herpesvirus-8 in South Africa

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1068-1075

  Dedicoat, Martin ^a,b,c,d   Newton, Robert ^b   Alkharsah, Khaled R ^e   Sheldon, Julie ^e   Szabados, Ildiko ^e   Ndlovu, Bukekile ^d   Page, Taryn ^d   Casabonne, Delphine ^b   Gilks, Charles F ^a,c   Cassol, Sharon A ^d   Whitby, Denise ^f   Schulz, Thomas F ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^d Africa Ctr for Pop and Hlth Res   (South Africa)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SALIVA; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; SALIVA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 4444365525     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/423326     Document Type: Article

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