Confirming high prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 infection in chronic kidney disease patients in São Paulo, Brazil

NDT Plus

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-94

  Magri, Mariana C ^a,b   Canziani, Maria E F ^c   Draibe, Sergio A ^d   Santos Fortuna, Elizabeth ^a   De Araujo, Adele Caterino ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DO RIM E HIPERTENSÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LETTER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58449085799     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfn189     Document Type: Letter

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