The investigators randomized 26 men with HHV-8 to receive 8 weeks of valganciclovir or placebo. Participants were selected on the basis of previous studies showing that these patients shed HHV-8 in ...

Severe pulmonary hypertension constitutes a group of diseases characterized by complex, lumen-occluding vascular lesions that develop in genetically susceptible persons. The only viral infection ...

We describe an immunocompetent 61-year-old woman who was negative for human immunodeficiency virus and who had recurrent human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection associated with a relapsing systemic ...

Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) is expressed in endothelial and spindle cells of nearly all Kaposi sarcomas, and the presence of this antigen in serum is strongly ...

Predictive value for engraftment and survival of total nucleated cell dose (TNC) as compared to CD34+ cell dose after autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplant (BMT) for hematologic ...

Kaposi sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that occurs due to a virus. It typically affects the skin and mouth and can cause oral symptoms, such as lesions inside the mouth. The human herpesvirus-8 ...

There are eight human herpesviruses (HHVs). Primary infection by any of the eight viruses, usually occurring in childhood, is either asymptomatic or produces fever and rash of skin or mucous membranes ...

HAART influences the presenting characteristics and improves the outcome of patients (pts) with Hodgkin’s disease and HIV infection (HD-HIV) No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is ...