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Cell-homologous genes in the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated rhadinovirus human herpesvirus 8: determinants of its pathogenicity?
1 Jun 1997
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The epidemiology of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) among patients with AIDS has suggested that a sexually transmitted infectious agent other than human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) must be involved in its pathogenesis. KS is about 20,000 times more common in patients with AIDS than in the general population of the United States, and other immunosuppressed groups develop KS approximately 600 times more frequently than the...
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