From: Seroprevalence of Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) and incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma in Iran
City | Renal Transplants | Male/Female (N) | Post-transplant Malignancies (%) | KS cases (%) | Male/Female (N) | Cutaneous/visceral (N) | Study period | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tehran | 681 | 438/243 | - | 5 (0.73) | 3/2 | - | 2000-2002 | [52] |
Tehran | 100 | 53/47 | 6 (6) | 2 (2.0) | 2/0 | - | 2000-2002 | [39] |
Tehran | 2211 | - | - | 10 (0.45) | 8/2 | 8/2 | 1984-2007 | [53] |
Tehran | 1750 | - | 28 (1.6) | 13 (0.74) | - | - | 1984-1999 | [42] |
Tehran | 2050 | - | - | 18 (0.87) | 13/5 | 18/1 | 1984-1999 | [54] |
Ahwaz | 580 | 330/250 | 20 (3.4) | 14 (2.4) | 11/3 | 11/3 | - | [40] |
Babol | 380 | - | 12 (3.15) | 5 (1.3) | - | - | 1999-2005 | [41] |
Shiraz | 892 | 537/355 | 21 (2.3) | 6 (0.68) | 5/1 | 4/2 | 1988-2001 | [38] |
Tehran, Urmia, Babol, Sari, Tabriz, Hormozgan, Kerman | 7,939 | 5018/2921 | 162 (2.04) | 55 (0.69) | 33/22 | 48/7 | 1984-2007 | [37] |
Tehran, Urmia, Babol, Sari, Tabriz, Hormozgan, Kerman, Isfahan, Ahwaz | 11,255 | 7109/4146 | 128 (1.14) | 77 (0.68) | 48/29 | - | 1984-2008 | [43] |