Gender differences in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection in a population with schistosomiasis in rural China

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-353

  Fu, Bishi ^a,b   Yang, Rongge ^b   Xia, Fan ^c   Li, Baolin ^a,b   Ouyang, Xinxing ^a,b   Gao, Shou Jiang ^d   Wang, Linding ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84866261041     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.350     Document Type: Article

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