Seroprevalence of human herpesvirus 8 in kidney transplant recipients in a single-center study from Tunisia.
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is a herpesvirus that is always associated with Kaposi sarcoma. An enzyme-linked immunoenzymatic assay was used to detect antibodies to the latent nuclear antigen of HHV8 in kidney transplant patients and kidney transplant candidates from Tunisia. A significantly high HHV8 seroprevalence was documented; 17% of kidney transplant patients and 23% in kidney transplant candidates were seropositive. This is a first report of HHV8 in Tunisia.
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hopital Militaire de Tunis, Tunisia. hella_lahlaoui@yahoo.fr
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Lahlaoui
Hbiba
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Niija
Mohamed
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Ben Moussa
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult