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Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Children and Adults in a Population-based Study in Rural Uganda

Lisa Butler, Willy Were, Steven Balinandi, R. G. Downing, Sheila Dollard, Torsten B. Neilands, Sundeep Gupta, George W. Rutherford, Jonathan Mermin

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2011 · 84 citations · 45 references

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Abstract

Our data suggest that HHV-8 is acquired primarily through horizontal transmission in childhood from intrafamilial contacts and that transmission continues into adulthood potentially through nonsexual routes.

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Longitudinal Data Analysis for Discrete and Continuous Outcomes

Scott L. Zeger, Kung‐Yee Liang · Biometrics · 1986 · 7.8K citations

Behavioral Outcome, Gee Approach, Longitudinal Data +16

Identification of Herpesvirus-Like DNA Sequences in AIDS-Sssociated Kaposi's Sarcoma

Yuan Chang, Ethel Cesarman, Melissa S. Pessin et al. · Science · 1994 · 5.7K citations

Primary Immunodeficiency, Herpesvirus Saimiri, Representational Difference Analysis +12

Kaposi's Sarcoma–Associated Herpesvirus-Like DNA Sequences in AIDS-Related Body-Cavity–Based Lymphomas

Ethel Cesarman, Yuan Chang, Patrick S. Moore et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1995 · 2.9K citations · Full text

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in multicentric Castleman's disease [see comments]

Jean Soulier, L Grollet, Éric Oksenhendler et al. · Blood · 1995 · 2.2K citations · Full text

Sexual Transmission and the Natural History of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection

Jeffrey N. Martin, Donald Ganem, Dennis Osmond et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1998 · 729 citations · Full text