Human Herpesvirus 8 and Pulmonary Hypertension

Nicastri, Emanuele; Vizza, Carmine Dario; Carletti, Fabrizio; Cicalini, Stefania; Badagliacca, Roberto; Poscia, Roberto; Ippolito, Giuseppe; Fedele, Francesco; Petrosillo, Nicola

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Human Herpesvirus 8 and Pulmonary Hypertension

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Sep 2005
By Nicastri, Emanuele ; Vizza, Carmine Dario ; Carletti, Fabrizio ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Nicastri, Emanuele ; Vizza, Carmine Dario ; Carletti, Fabrizio ; Cicalini, Stefania ; Badagliacca, Roberto ; Poscia, Roberto ; Ippolito, Giuseppe ; Fedele, Francesco ; Petrosillo, Nicola
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Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) antibodies were detected in 1 of 33 patients with pulmonary hypertension (including in 1 of 16 with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension), 5 of 29 with cystic fibrosis, and 3 of 13 with interstitial lung disease. No relationship between HHV-8 infection and pulmonary hypertension was found.
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Adolescent Adult Aged Antibodies, Viral Cystic Fibrosis Female Herpesvirus 8, Human Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(9):1480-1482.
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11
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9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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