Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus transmission and primary infection

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Bagni, Rachel ^a   Whitby, Denise ^a  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFECTION RISK; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 67849128251     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e32831add5a     Document Type: Review

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