Attachment anxiety is related to Epstein-Barr virus latency

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 232-238

  Fagundes, Christopher P ^a   Jaremka, Lisa M ^b   Glaser, Ronald ^b   Alfano, Catherine M ^c   Povoski, Stephen P ^b   Lipari, Adele M ^b   Agnese, Doreen M ^b   Yee, Lisa D ^b   Carson, William E ^b   Farrar, William B ^b   Malarkey, William B ^b   Chen, Min ^b   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment anxiety; Attachment theory; Close relationships; Herpesvirus; Immune system; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN; CAPSID PROTEIN; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRAL CAPSID ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BREAST CANCER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COLON CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; COLON TUMOR; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INSOMNIA; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAPSID PROTEINS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 84924071617     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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