Seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 in the Vanuatu islands in eastern Melanesia.
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Department of Allergy and Immunology, Saitama Medical School, Saitama 350-0495; Department of International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 162-8666; Department of Public Health, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611; Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan; and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Japanese journal of infectious diseases
دوره 59 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006