Prevalence of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus in Uygur and Han populations from the Urumqi and Kashgar regions of Xinjiang, China

• Published in: Virologica Sinica Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 396 - 403
• Main Authors: Zheng, Jun, Yang, Yang, Cui, Meng, Shu, Zhan-Jun, Han, Li-Li, Liu, Zhen-Qiu, Wood, Charles, Zhang, Tiejun, Zeng, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; blood; China; DNA; DNA, Viral - genetics; etiological agents; Female; Herpesviridae Infections - epidemiology; Herpesvirus 8, Human - pathogenicity; Humans; Incidence; low educational status; lymphoma; Male; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Middle Aged; nationalities and ethnic groups; Oncology; Prevalence; Research Article; sarcoma; Sarcoma, Kaposi - virology; Seroepidemiologic Studies; seroprevalence; Virology; Young Adult; China; prevalence; Han ethnicity; Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV); Uygur ethnicity; Xinjiang

Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the infectious etiologic agent associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS), primary effusion lymphoma, and multicentric Castleman disease. It has been shown that high KSHV prevalence and high incidence of both classic KS and AIDSassociated KS are found mos...