Human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence among children and adolescents in the United States

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 661-664

  Anderson, Lesley A ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Graubard, Barry I ^a   Whitby, Denise ^b   Mbisa, Georgina ^b   Tan, Sylvia ^c   Goedert, James J ^a   Engels, Eric A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NCI Frederick   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Children; Familial clustering; Hay fever; HHV 8; Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi sarcomaassociated herpes virus; KSHV; Socioeconomic status; U.S.

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CROWDING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFLUENZA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SINUSITIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CROWDING; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50949101304     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181691740     Document Type: Article

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