Malaria may influence the transmission of kaposi sarcoma associated herpesvirus in endemic areas

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nascimento, Maria C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LETTER; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 84906097864     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000229     Document Type: Letter

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