Latent class analysis of human herpesvirus 8 assay performance and infection prevalence in sub-saharan Africa and Malta.

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Published in Int J Cancer on December 15, 2000

Authors

E A Engels1, M D Sinclair, R J Biggar, D Whitby, P Ebbesen, J J Goedert, J L Gastwirth

Author Affiliations

1: Viral Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. engelse@exchange.nih.gov

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