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Oxford University Press, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 6(218), p. 892-900, 2018

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy262

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Determinants of Gammaherpesvirus Shedding in Saliva Among Ugandan Children and Their Mothers

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Abstract

Among Ugandan mother-child pairs, Epstein-Barr virus was more likely to be shed in saliva than Kaposi sarcoma–associated virus. Child’s sex and parasitic infections influenced viral shedding. Shedding of each virus was inversely related, suggesting an interaction between them.