"Detection of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) DNA and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Semen of Men with HIV Infection."

According to an abstract submitted by the author to the 35th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology, held September 17-20, 1995, in San Francisco, California, "Herpesvirus-like DNA sequences have recently been described in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) lesions from patients with HIV infection. Epidemiologically, a sexually transmissible agent has been suggested as a cofactor for the development of KS in homosexual men with HIV infection. We have compared the incidence of KSHV DNA and cytomegalovirus in semen collected from HIV infected homosexual men in 1989 and 1990. KSHV DNA was detected with the polymerase chain...

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