...Fanny Carolina López Jiménez; Jorge Alberto González Torres; Sirenia Castro Molina; Andrea Malagón Liceaga; Linda García Hidalgo Introduction: Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a rare soft tissue tumor linked to human herpesvirus 8, a recognized oncogenic virus. Five distinct clinical presentations have...

..., and no evidence of extracutaneous disease was found, allowing therapeutic abstention. They gave birth to healthy children showing no clinical evidence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection. Based on these observations and on the review of the literature, we discuss the risk of vertical transmission of HHV-8...

...D.V. Kazakov; M. Schmid; V. Adams; G. Cathomas; B. Müller; G. Burg; W. Kempf Background: Multiple eruptive dermatofibroma (MEDF) is a rare disorder seen in immunocompromised patients, simulating Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS). Whereas KS is strongly associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), the virus has...

...T. Simonart; P. Hermans; J.P. van Vooren Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a vascular tumour associated with infection by human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8). Most of the recent studies on KS have focused on the epidemiology and molecular biology of HHV-8. However, the contribution of virological investigations...

...T. Simonart; J.C. Noel; J.P. van Vooren; D. Parent Several viruses have been detected, at various frequencies, in Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) tissues. The detection of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in all the epidemiological and histological forms of KS makes it the most attractive candidate causative...