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HHV-8: a new herpesvirus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma
1Dept of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. mofferm@emory.edu
Trends in Microbiology
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a multifocal neoplasm that develops in a high proportion of HIV-infected homosexual men. KS lesions contain novel herpes-like DNA sequences (HHV-8), and recent studies characterizing HHV-8 and its association with KS, and with other diseases, suggest that HHV-8 may represent the etiological viral pathogen.