Beyari MM, Hodgson TA, Kondowe W, Molyneux EM, Scully CM, Porter SR, Teo CG. Genotypic profile of human herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus) in urine.
J Clin Microbiol 2004;
42:3313-6. [PMID:
15243103 PMCID:
PMC446306 DOI:
10.1128/jcm.42.7.3313-3316.2004]
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Abstract
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) open reading frame K1 sequences amplified from the urine of 5 of 78 (6.4%) infected people in Malawi were monotypic. In two people, urinary and oral sequences were genotypically different. Comprehensive evaluation of HHV-8 transmission may require characterization of HHV-8 shed both in urine and orally.
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