Publications by authors named "Patricia Pereira da Silva de Freitas"
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) detected by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in HIV patients with or without Kaposi's sarcoma. An analytic cross-sectional study.
Paula Renata Lima Machado Kleber Juvenal Silva Farias Maira Gabriela Martins Pereira Patrícia Pereira da Silva de Freitas Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca
Sao Paulo Med J
April 2015
Context And Objective: Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a common neoplastic disease in AIDS patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, with or without KS manifestations and correlate HHV-8 detection with KS staging.
Design And Setting: Analytic cross-sectional study conducted in a public tertiary-level university hospital in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.