Seroprevalence of kaposi sarcoma-Associated herpesvirus and other serologic markers in the Brazilian amazon

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 663-667

  Nascimento, Maria C ^a,b   Sumita, Laura M ^a   Souza, Vanda U ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^a,b   Oliveira, Juliane ^a   Mascheretti, Melissa ^a   Quiroga, Mariana ^a   Vela, Rodrigo A R ^a   Sabino, Ester ^a   Pannuti, Claudio S ^a   Mayaud, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349087990     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.081488     Document Type: Article

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