Human Herpesvirus-8 and Other Viral Infections, Papua New Guinea
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Human herpesvirus-8 and other viral infections, Papua New Guinea.
We studied residents of remote villages and the capital (Port Moresby) of Papua New Guinea to determine the distribution of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) infection. Our data suggest that HHV-8 has been endemic on the island for a long time and that the epidemiologic pattern of HHV-8 is more similar to that of herpes simplex virus-2 than hepatitis C virus.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0705.010522