Lack of evidence for frequent heterosexual transmission of human herpesvirus 8 in zimbabwe

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1601-1608

  Campbell, Thomas B ^a,e   Borok, Margaret ^c   Ndemera, Buxton ^c   Fiorillo, Suzanne ^a   White, Irene E ^a   Zhang, Xing Quan ^a,d   Machekano, Rhoderick N ^b,d   Katzenstein, David ^a,b   Gwanzura, Lovemore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Case Western Reserve University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 66949131081     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598978     Document Type: Article

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