Detection of human herpesvirus 8 DNA in semen from HIV-infected individuals but not healthy semen donors

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Howard, Mark R ^a   Whitby, Denise ^c   Bahadur, Gulam ^b   Suggett, Fiona ^a   Boshoff, Chris ^c   Tenant Flowers, Melinda ^a   Schulz, Thomas F ^c,d   Kirk, Stuart ^a   Matthews, Steve ^c   Weller, Ian V D ^a   Tedder, Richard S ^a   Weiss, Robin A ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Semen; Sexual transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA SEQUENCE; HERPES VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN;

EID: 8044238347     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199702000-00001     Document Type: Article

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