Titlebook: Viruses and Human Cancer; S. David Hudnall Book 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 infectious diseases

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,Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response,was first discovered by Drs. Yuan Chang and Patrick Moore in 1994 in Kaposi sarcoma lesions from HIV-infected individuals. This virus is also associated with two lymphoproliferative diseases, named primary effusion lymphoma and multicentric Castleman’s disease. In this chapter, we describe aspects o

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,Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer,y varies by geography, being common in sub-Saharan Africa, less so in the Mediterranean, and infrequent in the USA and Northern Europe, except amongst men who have sex with men (MSM); it is also influenced by environmental factors and host genetics. Transmission is primarily via saliva, and is likel

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Merkel Cell Polyomavirus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer,re frequent among immunosuppressed, elderly, and/or fair-skinned individuals. MCPyV infection is asymptomatic and is acquired already in early childhood by a majority of healthy individuals. A significant minority (typically about 15 %) of healthy subjects will be positive for MCPyV DNA on healthy s

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