Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) antibodies were detected in 1 of 33 patients with pulmonary hypertension (including in 1 of 16 with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension), 5 of 29 with cystic fibrosis, and 3 of 13 with interstitial lung disease. No relationship between HHV-8 infection and pulmonary hypertension was found.

Pyogenic granuloma-like Kaposi sarcoma (PG-like KS) is a clinicopathologic variant of (KS), vascular tumor caused by human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). PG-like KS challenging entity to diagnose because its clinical and histological features encompass both pyogenic granuloma (PG) Distinction between the two entities clinically important as management different. patients requires evaluation their immun...

Volume 11 Number 2, Summer 2003 A review on human herpesvirus type 8 infection 8 PKS Chan , RCW Chan Human herpesvirus type eight (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the most recently identified human herpesvirus. Over the last decade, many studies have focused on the epidemiology and disease association of this novel virus. It is aetiologically associated w...