Kaposi's-sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of HIV-infected homosexuals more often than in heterosexuals

Cancer Journal from Scientific American

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-156

  Rizzieri, David A ^a   Liu, Jane ^a   Miralles, Diego ^a   Traweek, S Thomas ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus; neoplasma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDINAVIR; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0030920257     PISSN: 10814442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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