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Human herpesvirus-8 infection in hemodialysis patients from São Paulo, Brazil: preliminary results
A Caterino-de-Araujo1, M C Magri, E Santos-Fortuna
1Immunology Department, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. caterino@ial.sp.gov.br
Abstract:
Epidemiological studies conducted in endemic areas of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection have shown iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma in renal transplant recipients. Hemodialysis has not yet been demonstrated to be a route of virus transmission/acquisition, although recently blood transfusion has been suggested as a vehicle of HHV-8 transmission. The present study searching HHV-8 antibodies among serum samples from 70 hemodialysis patients disclosed a high prevalence of infection (22.9%). There was an association between HHV-8 seroreactivity and previous transfusions and transplantation, as well as with a black/pardum ethnic background of patients. These results emphasized that chronic renal patients are at risk of developing HHV-8-related diseases.
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