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==Causes==
==Causes==
Kaposi's sarcoma is caused by an infection with [[HHV-8]].<ref name="pmid23806158">{{cite journal| author=Ruocco E, Ruocco V, Tornesello ML, Gambardella A, Wolf R, Buonaguro FM| title=Kaposi's sarcoma: etiology and pathogenesis, inducing factors, causal associations, and treatments: facts and controversies. | journal=Clin Dermatol | year= 2013 | volume= 31 | issue= 4 | pages= 413-22 | pmid=23806158 | doi=10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.01.008 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23806158  }} </ref>  
* Kaposi's sarcoma is caused by an infection with [[HHV-8]].<ref name="pmid23806158">{{cite journal| author=Ruocco E, Ruocco V, Tornesello ML, Gambardella A, Wolf R, Buonaguro FM| title=Kaposi's sarcoma: etiology and pathogenesis, inducing factors, causal associations, and treatments: facts and controversies. | journal=Clin Dermatol | year= 2013 | volume= 31 | issue= 4 | pages= 413-22 | pmid=23806158 | doi=10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.01.008 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23806158  }} </ref>
* The term Kaposi's sarcoma associated virus(KHSV) was coined in order to name the viral causes.<ref name="pmid7997879">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chang Y, Cesarman E, Pessin MS, Lee F, Culpepper J, Knowles DM, Moore PS |title=Identification of herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma |journal=Science |volume=266 |issue=5192 |pages=1865–9 |date=December 1994 |pmid=7997879 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
 
==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]

Overview

Kaposi's sarcoma is caused by coinfection with HIV and HHV-8.

Causes

  • Kaposi's sarcoma is caused by an infection with HHV-8.[1]
  • The term Kaposi's sarcoma associated virus(KHSV) was coined in order to name the viral causes.[2]

References

  1. Ruocco E, Ruocco V, Tornesello ML, Gambardella A, Wolf R, Buonaguro FM (2013). "Kaposi's sarcoma: etiology and pathogenesis, inducing factors, causal associations, and treatments: facts and controversies". Clin Dermatol. 31 (4): 413–22. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2013.01.008. PMID 23806158.
  2. Chang Y, Cesarman E, Pessin MS, Lee F, Culpepper J, Knowles DM, Moore PS (December 1994). "Identification of herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma". Science. 266 (5192): 1865–9. PMID 7997879.


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