[Human herpesvirus-8 in Hungarian blood donors and in patients with Kaposi sarcoma].
The pathogenic role of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus or human herpesvirus-8 in the development of Kaposi's sarcoma is widely accepted today. Here the authors report an indirect immunofluorescence assay based seroepidemiologic study. Their results indicate that 1.56% (17/1089) of the Hungarian adult population and 100% (12/12) of Kaposi's sarcoma patients have serum antibodies to HHV-8 latent nuclear antigens.
Juhász
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Debreceni Orvostudományi Egyetem, Mikrobiológiai Intézet.
Remenyik
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Hunyadi
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Gergely
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D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
Humán herpeszvírus-8 specifikus antitestek elöfordulása magyar véradókban és Kaposi-sarcomás betegekben.