Human Herpesvirus 8 and Kaposi's Sarcoma in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Open Access
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 30 (s1) , S72-S76
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313841
Abstract
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) was detected in 1994 in biopsies of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) tissues from a patient with AIDS. The evidence that HHV-8 infecKeywords
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