1998
High Prevalence of Antibodies to Human Herpesvirus 8 in Relatives of Patients with Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma from Sardinia
Angeloni A, Heston L, Uccini S, Sirianni M, Cottoni F, Masala M, Cerimele D, Lin S, Sun R, Rigsby M, Faggioni A, Miller G. High Prevalence of Antibodies to Human Herpesvirus 8 in Relatives of Patients with Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma from Sardinia. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1998, 177: 1715-1718. PMID: 9607855, DOI: 10.1086/517429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall viral capsid antigenPrevalence of antibodiesClassic Kaposi's sarcomaHigh incidence areaKaposi's sarcomaActive HHV-8 infectionHuman herpesvirus type 8HHV-8 infectionViral capsid antigenRelatives of patientsHuman herpesvirus 8Familial risk factorsCapsid antigenRisk factorsHigh prevalenceKS patientsHerpesvirus 8SarcomaIncidence areaPopulation agesPatientsVertical transmissionPrevalenceAntibodiesType 8
1995
Transmissible Retrovirus in Epstein-Burr Virus-Producer B95-8 Cells
Sun R, Grogan E, Shedd D, Bykovsky A, Kushnaryov V, Grossberg S, Miller G. Transmissible Retrovirus in Epstein-Burr Virus-Producer B95-8 Cells. Virology 1995, 209: 374-383. PMID: 7778272, DOI: 10.1006/viro.1995.1269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBetaretrovirusB-LymphocytesCallithrixCell LineCloning, MolecularDNA PrimersDNA, ComplementaryGene LibraryGene Products, gagGenes, gagHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansMicroscopy, ElectronMolecular Sequence DataPolymerase Chain ReactionRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidSaimiriT-LymphocytesVirus ReplicationConceptsEpstein-Barr virusB95-8 cellsAbsence of EBVCell linesB95-8 isolateB95-8 strainMarmoset cell linesHuman lymphoid cell linesT cell linesLymphoid cell linesType D retrovirusHuman BLymphocyte immortalizationInfectious virusViral replicationHuman isolatesGag regionBiologic propertiesTransmissible retrovirusUltrastructural appearanceD retrovirusesAmino acid changesVirusSMRVGag sequences
1992
Detection of Epstein‐Barr virus in the brain by the polymerase chain reaction
Pedneault L, Katz B, Miller G. Detection of Epstein‐Barr virus in the brain by the polymerase chain reaction. Annals Of Neurology 1992, 32: 184-192. PMID: 1324632, DOI: 10.1002/ana.410320210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpstein-Barr virusEBV DNAPolymerase chain reactionRole of EBVChain reactionCentral nervous system syndromeDiverse neurological syndromesKidney transplant recipientsHerpes group virusesTransplant recipientsMetabolic encephalopathiesBrain biopsyImmunodeficiency syndromeNeurological syndromeImmunodeficient hostsEBV genomeBrain specimensViral isolationPatientsGroup virusesSerological testsSyndromeBrainVirusEncephalitis