Herpes and Kaposi's sarcoma

[Peter William Krug]

J. Colin R. Hunter (ah366 at yfn.ysu.edu) wrote:

: I was listening to today's edition of "Science Friday" on NPR and
: was very interested by Dr. Fauci's throw-away remark about a newly
: discovered relationship between a "Herpes-like" virus and Kaposi's
: sarcoma in people infected with HIV.  Does anybody know anything 
: this "Herpes-like" virus?  Is it a new Herpes virus or just something
: like CMV?  A reference to a published article would be especially
: helpful.

Identification of Herpesvirus-like DNA Sequences in AIDS-associated 
Kaposi's Sarcoma  is found in the December 16 issue of Science.