Characterization of lytic human herpesvirus-8 gene expression in Kaposi sarcoma tumor tissue and its clinical correlates

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From: 12th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI) Bethesda, MD, USA 26-27 April, 2010 Author details 1-Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA EMPTY 2-Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA EMPTY 3-Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA EMPTY 4-Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA EMPTY 5-Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA EMPTY 6-Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda EMPTY 7-Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, UgandaEMPTY Supplemental Information: HHV-8 mRNA gene transcripts, including 2 lytic genes (K8 and ORF50) and 1 latent gene (ORF73), and GAPDH were quantified in biopsy specimens using RT-PCR; total RNA was determined by optical density.