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Kaposi's Sarcoma Learning Center

Prevention could include:
Safe sexual practices can prevent HIV infection. This prevents AIDS and its complications, including Kaposi's sarcoma.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
As of 2001, the only known preventive strategy for reducing one's risk for epidemic KS is abstinence from intercourse or modification of sexual habits. Homosexual or bisexual males can reduce their risk of developing KS by avoiding passive anal in...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Safer sex practices may help to prevent AIDS-related KS by decreasing the risk of transmission of HHV-8 through sexual means. However, the addition of avoidance of deep kissing to those precautions may be necessary. Intravenous drug users should s...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
The United States Public Health Service (USPHS) guidelines for prevention of KS call for prophylactic administration of drugs that are effective against human herpesvirus-8. The primary drugs for this purpose are foscarnet and ganciclovir. In each...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Antiviral drugs are medicines that cure or control virus infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Antiviral drugs are medicines that cure or control virus infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Antiviral drugs are medicines that cure or control virus infections.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Antiviral drugs act against diseases caused by viruses.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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