Human Herpesvirus 8: Current Issues
Open Access
- 1 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 37 (1) , 82-87
- https://doi.org/10.1086/375230
Abstract
Although human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is the etiologic agent of Kaposi sarcoma (KS), there are no formal guidelines for the clinical management of HHVKeywords
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