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Detection of Human Herpes Virus 8 in Kaposi’s sarcoma tissues at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia

INTRODUCTION: Human herpes virus-8, a γ2-herpes virus, is the aetiological agent of Kaposi sarcoma. Recently, Kaposi's sarcoma cases have increased in Zambia. However, the diagnosis of this disease is based on morphological appearance of affected tissues using histological techniques, and the a...

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Autores principales:	Tembo, Rabecca, Kaile, Trevor, Kafita, Doris, Chisanga, Chrispin, Kalonda, Annie, Zulu, Ephraim, Samutela, Mulemba, Polepole, Pascal, Kwenda, Geoffrey
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2017
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567952/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904666 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2017.27.137.11845

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