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. 1997 Dec;183(4):447-52.
doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199712)183:4<447::AID-PATH954>3.0.CO;2-Q.

HHV8 and female Kaposi's sarcoma

M M Kennedy  1 , S B Lucas, R Russell-Jones, D D Howells, S J Picton, A Bardon, I L Comley, J O McGee, J J O'Leary
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HHV8 and female Kaposi's sarcoma

M M Kennedy et al. J Pathol. 1997 Dec.

Abstract

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an enigmatic tumour of uncertain histogenesis. Epidemiological data have long suggested that KS may be caused by an infectious agent, possibly sexually transmitted. Following the documentation of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) and its strong association with all forms of KS, it now appears that the putative agent has at last been identified. As KS is rare in females, a unique group was screened for the presence of HHV8 using both conventional solution-phase polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the newly described technique of TaqMan PCR. The presence of HHV8 was demonstrated in 10/12 of these female patients. This further supports the direct role of HHV8, in conjunction with cytokines and other factors, in the pathogenesis of KS.

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