Human Herpes Virus 8 in HIV-1 infected individuals receiving cancer chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation.

BACKGROUND:Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV8) can cause Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) in immunosuppressed individuals. However, little is known about the association between chemotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), circulating HHV8 DNA levels, and clinical KS in HIV-1-infected individua...

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Main Authors: Louise E Hogan, Emily Hanhauser, Kristen S Hobbs, Christine D Palmer, Yvonne Robles, Stephanie Jost, Anne S LaCasce, Jeremy Abramson, Ayad Hamdan, Francisco M Marty, Daniel R Kuritzkes, Timothy J Henrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5944966?pdf=render