Increasing probability of mother-to-child transmission of HHV-8 with increasing maternal antibody titer for HHV-8

N Engl J Med. 1999 Jun 17;340(24):1923. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199906173402414.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Herpesviridae Infections / transmission*
  • Herpesviridae Infections / virology
  • Herpesvirus 8, Human / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical*
  • Male
  • Mothers
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral