"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpesvirus 8, Human" by people in Profiles.
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Similar activation of signal transduction pathways by the herpesvirus-encoded chemokine receptors US28 and ORF74. Virology. 2004 Aug 01; 325(2):241-51.
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Lymphomatoid papulosis and human herpesviruses--A PCR-based evaluation for the presence of human herpesvirus 6, 7 and 8 related herpesviruses. J Cutan Pathol. 2001 Jan; 28(1):29-33.
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Absence of human herpesvirus 8 DNA sequences in patients with immunosuppression-associated dermatofibromas. Arch Dermatol. 1997 Jan; 133(1):108-9.