Identifying human herpesvirus 8 infection: performance characteristics of serologic assays
Article Abstract:
Most of the blood tests used to detect human herpesvirus 8 will not detect all people who are infected, according to an evaluation of four enzyme-linked immunoassays and one immunofluorescence assay. This virus has been linked to Kaposi's sarcoma.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Risk of T-cell lymphomas in persons with AIDS
Article Abstract:
About one percent of AIDS patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have a T-cell lymphoma rather than a B-cell lymphoma. It is not clear if AIDS patients have a higher risk of T-cell lymphoma than other people or if people who develop AIDS come from a country where T-cell lymphoma is more common than it is in other countries.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Water, socioeconomic factors, and human herpesvirus 8 infection in Ugandan children and their mothers
Article Abstract:
A cross-sectional study was conducted in order to evaluate 600 Ugandan children with sickle cell disease and their mothers for factors associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) seropositivity. HHV-8 infection in Ugandan children was associated with lower socioeconomic status and using surface water.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2005
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Reactivation of genital herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in asymptomatic seropositive persons. Effect of Condoms on Reducing the Transmission of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 From Men to Women
- Abstracts: Sustained survival of human hepatocytes in mice: a model for in vivo infection with human hepatitis B and hepatitis delta viruses
- Abstracts: Presence of ribonucleic acid in human spermatozoa: differences in content between normal and abnormal spermatozoa
- Abstracts: A new splenic artery Doppler velocimetric index for prediction of severe fetal anemia associated with Rh alloimmunization
- Abstracts: Micronutrient levels and HIV disease status in HIV-infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy in the nutrition for healthy living cohort