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Human herpesvirus-8 infection among heterosexual partners of patients with classical Kaposi’s sarcoma

✍ Scribed by L. Brambilla; V. Boneschi; S. Ferrucci; M. Taglioni; E. Berti

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
208 KB
Volume
143
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-0963

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✦ Synopsis

Background:

Dna sequences of human herpesvirus-8 (hhv8) are found in lesions of kaposi's sarcoma (ks).

Objectives:

To verify the hypothesis of the sexual transmission of hhv8 infection.

Methods:

We used the immunoperoxidase assay to study the prevalence of serum antibodies to hhv8-related antigens in 27 consorts of patients with classical ks, and in a control group of 25 healthy women.

Results:

Forty-four per cent of the study group were positive, compared with 8% of the controls.

Conclusions:

The sexual route may be one of the possible ways of transmission of the hhv8 virus.

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