Human herpesvirus 8 seropositivity in rural Uganda: Maturation of sero-epidemiological studies

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 575-577

  Mbulaiteye, Sam M ^a   Goedert, James J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INFECTION RISK; KAPOSI SARCOMA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSFUSION; UGANDA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UGANDA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751476615     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq094     Document Type: Note

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