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Molecular epidemiology of human herpesvirus 8 in africa: both B and A5 K1 genotypes, as well as the M and P genotypes of K14.1/K15 loci, are frequent and widespread.
Virology - 5 Dec 2000
Lacoste V, Judde J G, Brière J, Tulliez M, Garin B, Kassa-Kelembho E, Morvan J, Couppié P, Clyti E, Forteza Vila J, Rio B, Delmer A, Mauclère P, Gessain A
Abstract excerpt
We have studied 52 new HHV8 strains by sequencing the complete hypervariable K1 gene and genotyping the K14.1/K15 loci located at both sides, respectively, of the viral genome. The samples originated from 49 patients with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS; 32 patients), multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD; 12 patients), or primary effusion lymphoma (PEL; 5 patients). Among these patients, 32 were of African origin (West and...
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