Genotypic profile of human herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus) in urine.
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.
Beyari
M M
MM
Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray's Inn Rd., London WC1X 8LD, United Kingdom. mbeyari@eastman.ucl.ac.uk
Hodgson
T A
TA
Kondowe
W
W
Molyneux
E M
EM
Scully
C M
CM
Porter
S R
SR
Teo
C G
CG
D000328:Adult; D001483:Base Sequence; D002648:Child; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014556:Urine / Q000821:virology*
D004279:DNA, Viral