Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2013; 8 (1): 35-37
in English
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| ID: emr-143032
ABSTRACT
Human herpesvirus-8 [HHV-8] is an opportunistic virus proved to be the cause of AIDS associated Kaposi!s sarcoma. Based on the emergence of HIV and its pandemic spread HHV- 8 is expected to participate in increasing the risk of Kaposi's sarcoma in areas where the rate of infection is high. There is a great need to study the epidemiology of the virus. To find out the rate of infection with HHV-8 in Khartoum among blood donors and post-kidney transplant patients. Venous blood samples were collected from 90 Subjects [60 blood donors from Elsalam Cardiac Centre [controls] and 30 kidney transplanted patients from IbnSina hospital]. The blood specimens were tested for Human herpes virus anti- IgG using ELISA technique. The overall rate of infection with HHV-8 was found to be 2.2%. The highest rate of infection [20%] was in the age group 46 years and more. The seroprevalence of HHV-8 was found to be 6.7% in post-kidney transplant patients. None of the control group proved to be positive for HHV-8. The rate of infection with HHV-8 was found to be relatively lower in the studied group.
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Sarcoma, Kaposi
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Tissue Donors
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Blood Donors
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Disease Outbreaks
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Kidney Transplantation
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Age Groups
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Sudan J. Med. Sci.
Year:
2013
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