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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 13.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Aug 13;8:CD003256. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003256.pub2

Table 1. Cochrane CENTRAL search strategy.

ID Search
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Sarcoma, Kaposi] explode all trees
#2 kaposi or karposi or KS
#3 MeSH descriptor: [Herpesvirus 8, Human] explode all trees
#4 hhv-8 or hhv8 or KSHV or “human herpes virus 8” or “human herpesvirus 8”
#5 #1 or #2 or #3 or #4
#6 MeSH descriptor: [HIV Infections] explode all trees
#7 MeSH descriptor: [HIV] explode all trees
#8 hiv or hiv-1* or hiv-2* or hiv1 or hiv2 or HIV INFECT* or HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS or HUMAN IMMUNEDEFICIENCY VIRUS or HUMAN IMMUNE-DEFICIENCY VIRUS or HUMAN IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY VIRUS or HUMAN IMMUN* DEFICIENCY VIRUS or ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME or ACQUIRED IMMUNEDEFICIENCY SYNDROME or ACQUIRED IMMUNO-DEFICIENCY SYNDROME or ACQUIRED IMMUNE-DEFICIENCY SYNDROME or ACQUIRED IMMUN* DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
#9 MeSH descriptor: [Lymphoma, AIDS-Related] this term only
#10 MeSH descriptor: [Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral] this term only
#11 #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10
#12 #5 and #11 from 1980 to 2012, in Trials (Word variations have been searched)