Human Herpesvirus 8
Infection Linked To Drug Use In Women
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 22nd, 2001
"Human herpesvirus-8 ... is transmitted sexually among homosexual men, but little is known of its transmission among women," explained M.J. Cannon and colleagues at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Although HHV-8 has been detected in blood, there has been no clear evidence of blood-borne transmission."
Cannon et al. identified a number of risk factors for HHV-8 infection in their report in the New...
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