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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3313-3316, Vol. 42, No. 7
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3313-3316.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genotypic Profile of Human Herpesvirus 8 (Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus) in Urine

M. M. Beyari,1,2* T. A. Hodgson,1 W. Kondowe,3 E. M. Molyneux,3 C. M. Scully,1 S. R. Porter,1 and C. G. Teo2

Department of Oral Medicine, Eastman Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London,1 Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Virus Laboratory, Specialist and Reference Microbiology Division, Health Protection Agency, London, United Kingdom,2 Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi3

Received 20 November 2003/ Returned for modification 8 January 2004/ Accepted 28 March 2004

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Oral Medicine, Eastman Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences, University College London, 256 Gray's Inn Rd., London WC1X 8LD, United Kingdom. Phone: 44-787-9447963. Fax: 44-207-9151105. E-mail: mbeyari{at}eastman.ucl.ac.uk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3313-3316, Vol. 42, No. 7
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3313-3316.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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