Risk factors for high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (≥1:51,200) in black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer patients: a case control study

BACKGROUND: Infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), is the necessary causal agent in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Infection with HIV-1, male gender and older age all increase risk for KS. However, the geographic...

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Autores principales: Wojcicki, Janet M, Newton, Rob, Urban, Margaret I, Stein, Lara, Hale, Martin, Patel, Moosa, Ruff, Paul, Sur, Ranjan, Bourboulia, Dimitra, Sitas, Freddy
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC222909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-3-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC222909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971827
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-3-21

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