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Identification of Antigenic Proteins Encoded by Human Herpesvirus 8 and Seroprevalence in the General Population and among Patients with and without Kaposi's Sarcoma
15 Apr 2000
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To establish a sensitive and specific antibody assay, potent antigenic proteins encoded by human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) were studied. Fifteen recombinant HHV8-encoded proteins were produced as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins. The sera from AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) patients reacted with four proteins encoded by open reading frames (ORFs) K8.1, 59, 65, and 73 in a Western blot assay. An...
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