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Evidence Found for Parallel HIV-1 and HHV-8 Epidemics in Homosexual Men in US

Reuters Health Information Services (10/14/99)

A study in the October issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases has found evidence for simultaneous epidemics of HIV- 1 and human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) infection in the United States during the early 1980s. The researchers took samples from a cohort of 245 homosexual men living in New York City or Washington, D.C., and found that the patterns of seropositivity to the two viruses were similar. The study was conducted by researchers from the National Cancer Institute.


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