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HHV8 and AIDSrelated CNS lymphoma
- Source :
- Neurology (Ovid); May 1997, Vol. 48 Issue: 5 p1333-1335, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-81, the Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus, is closely related to the transforming Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and may be detected in AIDS-related, EBV-containing, body-cavity-based lymphomas. Accordingly, we analyzed 27 EBV-positive, AIDS-related CNS lymphomas for HHV-8 sequences. Only one tumor yielded HHV-8 sequences; this tumor arose in a patient with concomitant systemic lymphoma and a history of KS. We conclude that HHV-8 is unlikely to have a major role in the pathogenesis of AIDS-related, EBV-associated CNS lymphomas.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00283878 and 1526632X
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Neurology (Ovid)
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs49040607