| molecular characterization of strains of human herpesvirus 8 from japan, argentina and kuwait. | current genotyping systems for human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) are based on the highly variable gene encoding the k1 glycoprotein. most strains collected worldwide cluster into two subtypes (i/a and ii/c). sequenced african strains have belonged to subtypes i/a and iv/b. members of all three of these subtypes can have either the m or p allele at the right-hand side (rhs) of the genome. strains obtained predominantly from aboriginal or relatively isolated populations have formed clades that branch at ... | 2001 | 11172090 |