Genetic diversity of the Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus K1 protein in AIDS-KS in Zimbabwe

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• 作者：Tiffany White ; Moira Hagen ; Ivy Gudza ; Irene E. White ; Buxton Ndemera ; Lovemore Gwanzura ; Margaret Borok ; Thomas B. Campbell
• 关键词：Kaposi's sarcoma ; KSHV ; K1 ; Human herpesvirus 8 ; Phylogenetics
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Virology
• 出版年：2008
• 期刊代码：150_13866532
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：June 2008
• 卷：42
• 期：2
• 页码：165-171
• 文件大小：624 K

摘要

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) encodes genetically diverse K1 alleles which have unique geographic distributions. Little is known about K1 genetic diversity in Zimbabwe where acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated KS (AIDS-KS) is epidemic.