| human herpesvirus type 8 dna sequences in biological samples of hiv-positive and negative individuals in sicily. | to evaluate the circulation of a new human herpesvirus (hhv), hhv-8 or kaposi's sarcoma (ks)-associated herpesvirus in a geographical area where a high incidence rate of classical ks was already present before the appearance of the aids epidemic. | 1997 | 9108942 |
| [the genomic sequences of the human herpesvirus 8 in biological samples from hiv-positive and -negative subjects in sicily]. | | 1999 | 10596444 |
| antibodies to human herpes virus type 8 (hhv8) in general population and in individuals at risk for sexually transmitted diseases in western sicily. | human herpes virus 8 (hhv8) appears to be the primary aetiologic agent of kaposi sarcoma (ks). to study the distribution of hhv8, a seroepidemiological study was carried out in western sicily, where a high incidence rate of classical ks is well documented. | 2000 | 10750620 |
| prevalence of hhv-8 infection among cancer patients in sicily. | | 2000 | 10760837 |
| a common genetic variant in fcgr3a-v158f and risk of kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus infection and classic kaposi sarcoma. | associations of fcgr3a among men with hiv/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome suggest that host responses affect the pathogenesis of kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (kshv) infection and risk of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated kaposi sarcoma. using dna from two hiv seronegative case-control populations in italy, we examined whether the functional fcgr3a-v158f variant was associated with risk of kshv infection or classic kaposi sarcoma (cks). in population i, we examined fcgr3a variants an ... | 2005 | 15767342 |
| prevalence of antibodies to hhv-8 in the general population and in individuals at risk for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in catania, eastern sicily. | background: human herpes virus 8 (hhv-8) is the putative infectious agent of multifactorial diseases, such as kaposi's sarcoma (ks), primary effusion lymphoma and multicentric castleman's disease. however, its exact mode of action as well as its transmission is still under investigation. besides, little is known about its seroprevalence in the population. hhv-8 epidemiology has been widely studied all over the world, demonstrating significant differences in distribution among various geographica ... | 2005 | 16220027 |
| risk factors for classical kaposi sarcoma in a population-based case-control study in sicily. | classical kaposi sarcoma is a rare complication of kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes virus (kshv) infection. we conducted a population-based, frequency-matched case-control study in sicily to further investigate the reported inverse relationship between smoking and classical kaposi sarcoma and to identify other factors associated with altered risk. | 2008 | 19064559 |
| nonsmoking and other cofactors for kaposi's sarcoma. | | 2009 | 19098500 |
| socio-economic and other correlates of kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus seroprevalence among older adults in sicily. | the virus that causes kaposi sarcoma, ks-associated herpesvirus (kshv, also known as human herpesvirus 8) has an unusual distribution and poorly characterized modes of transmission. to clarify these issues, socio-demographic correlates of kshv seroprevalence were examined in a population-based study. in 1,154 randomly sampled adults (aged 32- 92, mean 71 years) throughout sicily, kshv antibodies were detected with four assays and a conservative algorithm. seroprevalence was re-weighted to the po ... | 2009 | 19777527 |
| differences in kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-specific and herpesvirus-non-specific immune responses in classic kaposi sarcoma cases and matched controls in sicily. | kaposi sarcoma (ks) might develop because of incompetent immune responses, both non-specifically and specifically against the ks-associated herpesvirus (kshv). peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 15 classic (non-aids) ks cases, 13 kshv seropositives (without ks) and 15 kshv-seronegative controls were tested for interferon-+¦ t-cell (enzyme-linked immunospot [elispot]) responses to kshv-latency-associated nuclear antigen (lana), kshv-k8.1 and cmv/epstein-barr virus (ebv) peptide pools. the fo ... | 2011 | 21740480 |
| Prevalence of toscana and sicilian phlebovirus antibodies in classic Kaposi sarcoma case patients and control subjects in sicily. | To assess whether arthropod bites promote Kaposi sarcoma (KS), we determined the seroprevalence of Sicilian (SFSV) and Toscana (TOSV) phlebovirus antibodies in 30 patients with classic KS and 100 controls in Sicily. Nine (6.9%) subjects, all controls, were positive for SFSV, whereas 41 (31.5%) were positive for TOSV. Seroprevalence with immunoglobulin (Ig) M or IgG against either virus was significantly higher in controls (43% vs 13.3% in case patients; P < .01). Adjusted for age, IgG seropreval ... | 2011 | 21900487 |