THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF KAPOSI'S SARCOMA IN NEW SOUTH WALES PRIOR TO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC (MEETING ABSTRACT) NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1992. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF KAPOSI'S SARCOMA IN NEW SOUTH WALES PRIOR TO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC (MEETING ABSTRACT)

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Inc. Annual Scientific Meeting: From Laboratory to Clinic--an Integrated Approach to Cancer Research and Therapy. December 4-6, 1991, Sydney, Australia, p. 75, 1991.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92686657
Kaldor J; Coates M; Taylor R; Natl. Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Res., Sydney, New; South Wales, Australia

Abstract: The role of immunosuppression in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) has been established through the observation of KS in transplant recipients and the occurrence of KS as a manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). More recently, it has been proposed that an infectious agent other than the human immunodeficiency virus may play a role in the etiology of KS. In order to develop hypotheses, we analyzed data on the occurrence of KS in New South Wales prior to December 1982, when the first case of AIDS was diagnosed. Between 1972 and 1982, a total of 24 cases of KS were reported. Seven cases (29%) were in women, and 9 (37%) occurred under the age of 60. Country of birth was Italy or Greece for 6 people with KS (25%), as compared to 2.6% of the New South Wales population in 1978 based on an interpolation of census figures. A further 10 cases were born outside Australia, including four in other Mediterranean countries and four in Eastern Europe. All 4 male cases aged under 50 occurred after 1978 in men who were born in English-speaking countries. This descriptive study supports a previously reported association between KS and Mediterranean origin. Cases in young men in the latter part of the study period may have been undiagnosed AIDS.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Human Immune Tolerance New South Wales/EPIDEMIOLOGY Sarcoma, Kaposi's/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY ABSTRACTKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDetiology/immunologyhumanimmunetolerancenewsouthwales/epidemiologysarcoma,kaposi's/complications/KWDepidemiologyabstract
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