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[OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS AND KAPOSI'S SARCOMA IN HOMOSEXUALS. MYTH OR REALITY?]

Rev Prat; 32(50):3213-3215 1982. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/83603206
Bouvet E; Institut Leon-M'Ba, Hopital Claude-Bernard, 10, av. de La; Porte-d'Aubervilliers, 75019 Paris, France

Abstract: Kaposi's sarcoma and opportunistic infections among homosexual men have been well documented by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Opportunistic infections are diverse and are characterized by their severity and recurrences. Kaposi's sarcoma is an angiosarcomatous tumor which evolves rapidly and is characterized by the diffusion of cutaneous lesions and by multinodular and pleurovisceral involvement. Epstein Barr virus and cytomegalovirus have been implicated in the etiology of Kaposi's sarcoma. (35 Refs)
Keywords: Cytomegalovirus Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY Female France Herpes Genitalis/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Homosexuality Human Infection/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/EPIDEMIOLOGY Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*EPIDEMIOLOGY United States JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW

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