"Herpesvirus 8, Human" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species in the genus RHADINOVIRUS, subfamily GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE, isolated from patients with AIDS-related and "classical" Kaposi sarcoma.
| Descriptor ID |
D019288
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.280.210.400.700.330 B04.280.382.400.700.330 B04.613.204.500.700.330
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| Concept/Terms |
Herpesvirus 8, Human- Herpesvirus 8, Human
- HHV-8
- KSHV
- Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposis Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
- Kaposi Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus
- Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus, Kaposi
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma Associated
- Human Herpesvirus 8
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated
- Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated
- Herpesvirus, Kaposis Sarcoma-Associated
- Herpesviruses, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated
- Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesviruses
- Sarcoma-Associated Herpesviruses, Kaposi's
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpesvirus 8, Human" by people in Profiles.
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Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, HIV-1 and Kaposi sarcoma risk in black South Africans diagnosed with cancer during antiretroviral treatment rollout. Int J Cancer. 2023 05 15; 152(10):2081-2089.
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Epidemiology of Kaposi's sarcoma in sub-Saharan Africa. Cancer Epidemiol. 2022 Jun; 78:102167.
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KSHV-associated and EBV-associated Germinotropic Lymphoproliferative Disorder: New Findings and Review of the Literature. Am J Surg Pathol. 2017 Jun; 41(6):795-800.
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Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus and response to antiretroviral therapy: a prospective study of HIV-infected adults. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Aug 01; 63(4):442-8.
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Human herpesvirus-8 antibodies and DNA in HIV-1 infected patients in South Africa. Epidemiol Infect. 2003 Dec; 131(3):1125-9.
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Risk factors for high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (> or =1:51,200) in black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer patients: a case control study. BMC Infect Dis. 2003 Sep 12; 3:21.
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Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 and multiple myeloma in South Africa. Diagn Mol Pathol. 2001 Jun; 10(2):95-9.
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Phylogenetic analysis of human herpesvirus-8 in South Africa and identification of a novel subgroup. J Gen Virol. 2000 Aug; 81(Pt 8):2029-2038.