Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Molecular evidence for mother-to-child transmission of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in Uganda and K1 gene evolution within the host.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 2006

Mbulaiteye Sam, Marshall Vickie, Bagni Rachel K, Wang Cheng-Dian, Mbisa Georgina, Bakaki Paul M, Owor Anchilla M, Ndugwa Christopher M, Engels Eric A, Katongole-Mbidde Edward, Biggar Robert J, Whitby Denise

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies of Kaposi sarcoma (KS)-related herpesvirus (KSHV) indicate that having a KSHV-seropositive mother is a risk factor for KSHV infection in children. METHODS: We determined the KSHV K1 sequences in concordantly polymerase chain reaction-positive Ugandan mother-child pairs, to ascertain whether they shared the same viral strain. We also examined sequences amplified from saliva and...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Amino Acid Substitution
Share to Herpesviridae Infections

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Herpesvirus 8, Human

Share to Infant, Newborn

Share to Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical

Share to Pregnancy

Share to Uganda

Share to Viral Proteins

Source

Identifiers

PMID: 16586362
DOI: 10.1086/503052

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 5 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-05.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 5 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Molecular evidence for mother-to-child transmission of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in Uganda and K1 gene evolution within the host.PMID 16586362Read ↗

Ugandan Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Phylogeny: Evidence for Cross-Ethnic Transmission of Viral SubtypesSemantic proximity Read ↗

Early childhood infection of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in Zambian households: a molecular analysis.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genetic diversity of the Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus K1 protein in AIDS-KS in Zimbabwe.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genome-Wide Sequence Analysis of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Shows Diversification Driven by RecombinationSemantic proximity Read ↗

Recombination in human herpesvirus-8 strains from Uganda and evolution of the K15 gene.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Variability and evolution of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in Europe and Africa. International Collaborative Group.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Modern evolutionary history of the human KSHV genome.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Sequence analyses of human herpesvirus-8 strains from both African human immunodeficiency virus-negative and -positive childhood endemic Kaposi's sarcoma show a close relationship with strains identified in febrile children and high variation in the K1 glycoprotein.Semantic proximity Read ↗

High-level variability in the ORF-K1 membrane protein gene at the left end of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus genome defines four major virus subtypes and multiple variants or clades in different human populations.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Individuals from North America, Australasia, and Africa are infected with four different genotypes of human herpesvirus 8.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Genotypic analysis at multiple loci across Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) DNA molecules: clustering patterns, novel variants and chimerism.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Nucleotide substitution at the highly polymorphic K1 locus of human herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus).Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.