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1: Virol J. 2005 Sep 2;2:78.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Human herpesvirus 8--a novel human pathogen.

Edelman DC.

Department of Pathology, University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. dedelman@umaryland.edu

In 1994, Chang and Moore reported on the latest of the gammaherpesviruses to infect humans, human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8). This novel herpesvirus has and continues to present challenges to define its scope of involvement in human disease. In this review, aspects of HHV-8 infection are discussed, such as, the human immune response, viral pathogenesis and transmission, viral disease entities, and the virus's epidemiology with an emphasis on HHV-8 diagnostics.

PMID: 16138925 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1243244