Human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence among internationally adopted children coming from Eastern Europe

New Microbiologica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Viviano, Enza ^a   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Perna, Anna Maria ^a   Cataldo, Francesco ^a   Firenze, Alberto ^a   Romano, Nino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adopted children; Eastern Europe; HHV8; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 62149126591     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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