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SUBMITTER: Schneider JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5509489 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schneider Johann W JW Dittmer Dirk P DP
American journal of clinical dermatology 20170801 4
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is the most common neoplasm of people living with HIV today. In Sub-Saharan Africa, KS is among the most common cancers in men, overall. Not only HIV-positive individuals present with KS; any immune compromised person infected with KS-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) or human herpesvirus 8 is at risk: the elderly, children in KSHV-endemic areas, and transplant recipients. KS diagnosis is based on detection of the viral protein latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) in the bio ...[more]