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. 2001 Sep-Oct;7(5):893–895. doi: 10.3201/eid0705.017522

Human herpesvirus-8 and other viral infections, Papua New Guinea.

G Rezza 1, R T Danaya 1, T M Wagner 1, L Sarmati 1, I L Owen 1, P Monini 1, M Andreoni 1, B Suligoi 1, B Ensoli 1, E Pozio 1
PMCID: PMC2631887  PMID: 11747707

Abstract

We studied residents of remote villages and the capital (Port Moresby) of Papua New Guinea to determine the distribution of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) infection. Our data suggest that HHV-8 has been endemic on the island for a long time and that the epidemiologic pattern of HHV-8 is more similar to that of herpes simplex virus-2 than hepatitis C virus.

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