Comparisons between the 3 groups of patients.

Comparisons between control HHV8-seropositive HIV-infected patients (n = 12, 1 visit/patient) and the HIV-infected patients with MCD (n = 23) in asymptomatic remission of the disease (50 visits) and with active symptomatic disease (45 visits) show a significant difference in the quantitative detection of HHV8 DNA copy numbers in PBMCs between the 3 groups (P < .0001) and a significant difference between the asymptomatic and the symptomatic groups in the level of plasma IL-6 (P = .0008) and IL-10 (P < .0001).