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.

• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2001-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3201/EID0705.017522PMID 11747707PMCID 2631887
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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