Human Herpesvirus 8 and Pulmonary Hypertension

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) antibodies were detected in 1 of 33 patients with pulmonary hypertension (including in 1 of 16 with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension), 5 of 29 with cystic fibrosis, and 3 of 13 with interstitial lung disease. No relationship between HHV-8 infection and pulmonary...

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Autores principales: Nicastri, Emanuele, Vizza, Carmine Dario, Carletti, Fabrizio, Cicalini, Stefania, Badagliacca, Roberto, Poscia, Roberto, Ippolito, Giuseppe, Fedele, Francesco, Petrosillo, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16229789
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1109.040880
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Sumario:Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) antibodies were detected in 1 of 33 patients with pulmonary hypertension (including in 1 of 16 with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension), 5 of 29 with cystic fibrosis, and 3 of 13 with interstitial lung disease. No relationship between HHV-8 infection and pulmonary hypertension was found.

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