Incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and HHV-8 seroprevalence among homosexual men with known dates of HIV seroconversion

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1647-1653

  Rezza, Giovanni ^a,f   Dorrucci, Maria ^a   Serraino, Diego ^a   Andreoni, Massimo ^a   Giuliani, Massimo ^b   Zerboni, Roberto ^c   Sarmati, Loredana ^a   Colangeli, Vincenzo ^d   Salassa, Bernardino ^e   Monini, Paolo ^a   Ensoli, Barbara ^a   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAN GALLICANO DERMATOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Herpesvirus; Homosexual men; Kaposi's sarcoma; Natural history; Progression

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033821068     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200007280-00021     Document Type: Article

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