Evaluation of the human herpesvirus 8 DNA load in blood and Kaposi's sarcoma skin lesions from AIDS patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1907-1910

  Boivin, Guy ^a   Gaudreau, Annie ^a   Routy, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Human herpesviras 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; AMPRENAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; DAUNORUBICIN; DIDANOSINE; DOXORUBICIN; EFAVIRENZ; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; VIRUS DNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0034622953     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200009080-00004     Document Type: Article

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