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Chronic lymphadenopathies and human herpes virus type 8
Emmanuelle Bernit1, Véronique Veit, Christine Zandotti
1Service de Médecine Interne, Hĵpital de la Conception, Marseille, France. ebernit@hotmail.com
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|September 20, 2002
Abstract:
Human herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8) is predominantly associated with Kaposi's sarcoma. Nothing is known about its manifestation in primary infection. We report an HIV-negative patient with chronic polyadenitis and lymphocytosis that may have been related to a primary HHV-8 infection.