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Relationship of Kaposi sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus viremia and KS disease in Zimbabwe.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 May 2003
Campbell Thomas B, Borok Margaret, White Irene E, Gudza Ivy, Ndemera Buxton, Taziwa Albert, Weinberg Adriana, Gwanzura Lovemore
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) viremia and KS disease was investigated in 500 subjects who received treatment in Harare, Zimbabwe. Subjects were grouped by results of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 serological tests, KS diagnosis, and KS clinical stage. The plasma KSHV DNA concentration was associated with concomitant KS and HIV-1 infection (AIDS-KS; P<.001) and...
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