| Literature DB >> 10878085 |
P K Chan1, H K Ng, J L Cheung, A F Cheng.
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Brain tissues from both sides of the cerebellum and frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes were collected postmortem from 30 patients for human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) detection by PCR. Overall, 42 of 300 (14.0%) samples were positive, with similar rates for each position. Nineteen patients (63.3%) were positive and showed a significant increase in positivity with age (P = 0.007). The results indicate a neuroinvasive and neuropersistent potential of HHV-8.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10878085 PMCID: PMC87028
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948