Journal article
Risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-positive subjects in Uganda.
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BACKGROUND: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is associated epidemiologically with HIV infection and with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8 or KSHV). Both KS and HIV infection are common in Uganda. We conducted a case-control study of 458 HIV-seropositive. Ugandan adults with KS and 568 HIV-seropositive subjects without KS to examine risk factors for HIV-associated KS. METHODS: We recruited newly diagnosed adult KS cases from five hospitals in Kampala, Uganda and controls from a large referral clinic for HIV i...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- AIDS (London, England)
- Volume:
- 11
- Issue:
- 13
- Pages:
- 1619-1626
- Publication date:
- 1997-11-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-5571
- ISSN:
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0269-9370
- Source identifiers:
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36113
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:36113
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- pubs:36113
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- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 1997
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