Human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence and viral load in healthy adult blood donors
Hudnall SD, Chen T, Rady P, Tyring S, Allison P. Human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence and viral load in healthy adult blood donors. Transfusion 2003, 43: 85-90. PMID: 12519435, DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00272.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHHV-8 seroprevalenceBlood donorsDonor bloodPrimary effusion B-cell lymphomaABO blood group BHigh HHV-8 seroprevalenceHuman herpesvirus 8 seroprevalenceLatent HHV-8 antigensHealthy adult blood donorsBlood donor unitsBuffy coat DNAHHV-8 antigensHHV-8 ORF26HHV-8 viremiaSensitive indirect immunofluorescenceGeometric mean titersAdult blood donorsHHV-8 antibodiesHHV-8 DNABlood-borne virusesHuman herpesvirus 8B-cell lymphomaBlood group BDonor blood samplesHuman tumor virus