Jpn. J. Infect. Dis., 59 (1), 63-65, 2006

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Laboratory and Epidemiology Communications

Seroprevalence of Human Herpesvirus 8 in the Vanuatu Islands in Eastern Melanesia

Masao Satoh*, Akira Kaneko1,2, Akatsuki Kokaze3, Harutaka Katano4and Tetsutaro Sata4

Department of Allergy and Immunology, Saitama Medical School, Saitama 350-0495; 2Department of International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 162-8666; 3Department of Public Health, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo 181-8611; 4Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan; and 1Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Communicated by Ichiro Kurane

(Accepted December 8, 2005)


*Corresponding author: Mailing address: Department of Allergy and Immunology, Saitama Medical School, Morohongo 38, Moroyama-cho, Iruma, Saitama 350-0495, Japan. Tel: +81-492-76-1173, Fax: +81-492-94-2274, E-mail: satoma@saitama-med.ac.jp


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