Mór Kaposi; Moriz Kaposi; Móric Kaposi; Mor Kaposi; Moric Kaposi; Moriz Kapósi
Moritz Kaposi (, ; 23 October 1837 in Kaposvár, Hungary – 6 March 1902 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary) was a Hungarian physician and dermatologist who discovered the skin tumor that received his name (Kaposi's sarcoma).
¦ noun Medicine a form of cancer involving multiple tumours of the lymph nodes or skin, occurring chiefly as a result of Aids.
Origin
C19: named after the Hungarian dermatologist Moritz K. Kaposi.
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
SPECIES OF VIRUS
HHV-8; Human herpesvirus 8; Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus; Herpesvirus 8, human; Human Herpesvirus 8; HHV8; Human herpesvirus, type 8; Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus; Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus; Kaposi's sarcoma virus; Kaposi's sarcoma-associated virus; Kaposi's sarcoma–associated herpesvirus; Human herpesvirus-8; Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus; Human gammaherpesvirus 8
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the ninth known human herpesvirus; its formal name according to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) is Human gammaherpesvirus 8, or HHV-8 in short. Like other herpesviruses, its informal names are used interchangeably with its formal ICTV name.