Article
Geographically distinct HHV-8 DNA sequences in Saudi Arabian Iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma lesions.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Sept 1998
Foreman K E, Alkan S, Krueger A E, Panella J R, Swinnen L J, Nickoloff B J
Abstract excerpt
A new member of the gamma-herpesvirus family, HHV-8 (also known as Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus), has been linked to KS and body cavity-based lymphoma. Other members of this family, eg, Epstein-Barr virus, were originally thought to have only one strain, but subsequent analysis re...
Topics
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Base Composition
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Herpesvirus 8, Human
- Humans
- Iatrogenic Disease
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Open Reading Frames
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Retrospective Studies
- Sarcoma, Kaposi
- Saudi Arabia
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Tumor Cells, Cultured