Causes And Risk Factors Of Kaposi's Sarcoma

At-Risk Groups

Other at-risk groups can develop forms of Kaposi's sarcoma. There are some areas (especially the sub-Saharan regions) in Africa where approximately eighty percent of the local population appears to be infected with Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus, and it seems likely these cases are spread between mothers and their children. This is known as endemic African Kaposi's sarcoma. In those regions, there is a notable lack of access to therapies able to treat Kaposi's sarcoma, and it has been endemic to these regions since well before the rise in cases of the human immunodeficiency virus. It is thought mothers and other children pass Kaposi's sarcoma through saliva contact most predominantly in these areas, but there is also some suspicion it could be transmitted through breast milk.