Sexual Transmission and the Natural History of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection
- 2 April 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (14), 948-954
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199804023381403
Abstract
Although human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) has been suspected to be the etiologic agent of Kaposi's sarcoma, little is known about its seroprevalence in the population, its modes of transmission, and its natural history.Keywords
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