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Human herpesvirus 8 and Kaposi's sarcoma in the Amsterdam cohort studies.
Disease association, transmission and natural history
Renwick, N.M.
Publication date
2001
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Renwick, N. M. (2001). Human herpesvirus 8 and Kaposi's sarcoma in the Amsterdam cohort
studies. Disease association, transmission and natural history.
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BehorendBehorend bij het proefschrift getiteld: HumanHuman Herpesvirus 8 and Kaposi's sarcoma
inin the Amsterdam Cohort Studies
DiseaseDisease Association, Transmission and Natural History NeilNeil Renmck, 18-december-2001
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Observe,, remember, comp; 2 2
HHV88 causes KS 3 3
Thee length of the AIDS-KS-free p iss dependent on the timing of H H V 8
andd HIV-1 infections
HHV88 is transmitted by orogenital sexx among homosexual men
HHV88 is not transmitted by blood amongg injection drug users.
Primaryy HHV8 infection can also bee called "Amsterdam Fever."
fourfour epidemiological variants of KS collectivelyy be termed "KS complex"
Thee central features of KS complex are HHV88 infection and immune dysfunction
KSHVV is a more informative namee than HHV8
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HHV99 exists and will be discovered in aa patient with the clinical but not the serologicall features of herpesviral infection
