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Impact of HIV Infection and Kaposi Sarcoma on Human Herpesvirus-8 Mucosal Replication and Dissemination in Uganda

INTRODUCTION: Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the leading cause of cancer in Uganda and occurs in people with and without HIV. Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) replication is important both in transmission of HHV-8 and progression to KS. We characterized the sites and frequency of HHV-8 detection in Ugandans with...

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Autores principales: Johnston, Christine, Orem, Jackson, Okuku, Fred, Kalinaki, Mary, Saracino, Misty, Katongole-Mbidde, Edward, Sande, Merle, Ronald, Allan, McAdam, Keith, Huang, Meei-Li, Drolette, Linda, Selke, Stacy, Wald, Anna, Corey, Lawrence, Casper, Corey
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19156206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004222