Elevated virus loads of Kaposi′s sarcoma-associated human herpesvirus 8 predict Kaposi′s sarcoma disease progression, but elevated levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 do not

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1736-1744

  Quinlivan, E Byrd ^a,c   Zhang, Chuan ^c   Stewart, Paul W ^b   Komoltri, Chulaluk ^b   Davis, Michelle G ^d   Wehbie, Robert S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGIOFOLLICULAR LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 0037097765     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340652     Document Type: Article

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