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RESULTS: Twenty two samples of Kaposi sarcoma were analysed, comprising 12 of the endemic type, nine HIV associated and one transplantation related. HHV8 DNA was detected by nested PCR in all forms of Kaposi sarcoma. By contrast, no HHV8 DNA was detected in five mesenchymal skin tumours or nine biopsy specimens of unspecific inflammatory skin lesions of HIV seropositive and negative patients. 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