1872 KAPOSI, Moritz Kohn (1837 – 1902)
Idiopathisches multiples Pigmentsarkom der Haut.
First description of “Kaposi’s sarcoma” – multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma. English translation in CA, 1982, 32, 342-47.
GMN 4063 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5455
1981 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)
Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia among homosexual men--New York City and California.
The second published report on what later became the AIDS epidemic. The report described 26 homosexual men in New York and California with Kaposi's sarcoma, and 10 more Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases in ho…
GMN 6995 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9161
1994 CHANG, Yuan (1959 – ); MOORE, Patrick S. (1956 – ); CESARMAN, Ethel; PESSIN, Melissa S.; ET AL
Identification of herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.
Dated December 16, 1994. Order of authorship in the original paper was Chang, Cesarman, Pessin,...Moore. The authors reported a new human herpesvirus associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, and gave it the descriptive name …
GMN 10880 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13076
1995 CHANG, Yuan (1959 – ); MOORE, Patrick S. (1956 – )
Detection of herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with and those without HIV infection.
Dated May 4, 1995. Order of authorship in the original publication was Moore, Chang. That the virus causing Kaposi's sarcoma appeared in healthy as well as HIV patients suggested that this virus causes cancer only in …
GMN 10881 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13077
1995 CHANG, Yuan (1959 – ); MOORE, Patrick S. (1956 – ); CESARMAN, Ethel; ET AL
Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-like DNA sequences in AIDS-related body-cavity-based lymphomas.
Chang, Moore and colleagues showed that the virus causing Kaposi's Sarcoma also causes body cavity lymphomas and lymphomatous effusions in humans. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
GMN 10914 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13110
1996 BIGONI, B.; DOLCETTI, Riccardo; DE LELLIS, L.; ET AL
Human herpesvirus 8 Is present in the lymphoid system of healthy persons and can reactivate in the course of AIDS.
Dated June 22, 1995. Order of authorship in the original paper was Bigoni, Dolcetti, de Lellis....By this time Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) was also known as human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). The authors wr…
GMN 10882 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13078
2019 DHINGRA, Akshay; GABZENMULLER, Tina; HAGE, Elias; ET AL
Novel virus related to Kaposi's Sarcoma associated herpesvirus from Colobus monkey.
Discovery of a new Karposi's Sarcoma virus in monkeys, named CbGHV1. Autopsy showed that the monkey died from a "primary effusion lymphoma" similar to the deaths of humans from human Karposi Sarcoma virus. (Thanks to …
GMN 10912 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13108
2019 GREWER, Anna; BLEYER, Martina; MATZ-RENSING, Kerstin; ET AL
Kaposi sarcoma in mantled guereza.
Order of authorship in original publication: Grewer, Bleyer, Matz-Rensing. Further work on the CBGHV1 (Colobine gammherpesvirus 1) which causes a pathology in the Colobus monkey very similar to that seen humans. (Than…
GMN 10913 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13109
