Pathology of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection

Pathology of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection

Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV, human herpesvirus 8, HHV-8) is a human herpesvirus, classified as a gamma-herpesvirus. KSHV is detected in Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and some cases of multicentric Castleman’s disease (MCD). Similar to other herpes viruses,...

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Main Authors: Hitomi eFukumoto, Takayuki eKanno, Hideki eHasegawa, Harutaka eKatano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
KSHV
HHV-8
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
LANA-1
Latency-associated nuclear antigen
multicentric Castleman’s disease
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00175/full

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