Citation
J. Gill et al., The molecular genetics of human herpesvirus 8, HOSP MED, 61(5), 2000, pp. 306-309
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
HOSPITAL MEDICINE
ISSN journal
14623935
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Volume
61
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
306 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
1462-3935(200005)61:5<306:TMGOHH>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Epidemiological evidence from the early 1990s suggested that a sexually tra
nsmitted infectious agent other than the HIV virus was associated with the
development of Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with HIV. A novel gamma herpesv
irus was identified in Karposi's sarcoma lesions. The molecular genetics of
this virus ore reviewed in this article.