KSHV Infection in Blood Donors From Texas - Full Text View

Purpose

To determine the seroprevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) in blood donors from Texas. Also to examine the donors' demographic characteristics and to characterize the KSHV using polymerase chain reaction.

Condition

Blood Donors
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Blood Transfusion
Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated
Sarcoma, Kaposi
HIV Infections

MedlinePlus related topics:

AIDS Blood Transfusion and Donation Kaposi's Sarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcoma

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Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Natural History

Further study details as provided by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):

Study Start Date:	April 1999
Estimated Study Completion Date:	March 2004

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Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

No eligibility criteria

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006310

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Investigators


Investigator:	Shou-Jiang Gao	University of Texas

More Information

Publications:

Wang XP, Zhang YJ, Deng JH, Pan HY, Zhou FC, Montalvo EA, Gao SJ. Characterization of the promoter region of the viral interferon regulatory factor encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Oncogene. 2001 Jan 25;20(4):523-30.

Zhang YJ, Deng JH, Rabkin C, Gao SJ. Hot-spot variations of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus latent nuclear antigen and application in genotyping by PCR-RFLP. J Gen Virol. 2000 Aug;81(Pt 8):2049-58.

Oyajobi BO, Deng JH, Dallas SL, Jenson HB, Mundy GR, Gao SJ. Absence of herpesvirus DNA sequences in the 5T murine model of human multiple myeloma. Br J Haematol. 2000 May;109(2):413-9.

Zhang YJ, Davis TL, Wang XP, Deng JH, Baillargeon J, Yeh IT, Jenson HB, Gao SJ. Distinct distribution of rare US genotypes of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) in South Texas: implications for KSHV epidemiology. J Infect Dis. 2001 Jan 1;183(1):125-9.

Baillargeon J, Deng JH, Hettler E, Harrison C, Grady JJ, Korte LG, Alexander J, Montalvo E, Jenson HB, Gao SJ. Seroprevalence of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection among blood donors from Texas. Ann Epidemiol. 2001 Oct;11(7):512-8.

Zhang YJ, Wang XP, Deng JH, Salinas RA, Oishi N, Gao SJ. Suppression of oncogenic viral interferon regulatory factor (vIRF) of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus by ribozyme-mediated cleavage. Cancer Gene Ther. 2001 Apr;8(4):285-93.

Baillargeon J, Leach CT, Deng JH, Gao SJ, Jenson HB. High prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in south Texas children. J Med Virol. 2002 Aug;67(4):542-8.

Wang XP, Zhang YJ, Deng JH, Pan HY, Zhou FC, Gao SJ. Transcriptional regulation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-encoded oncogene viral interferon regulatory factor by a novel transcriptional silencer, Tis. J Biol Chem. 2002 Apr 5;277(14):12023-31.

Zhang YJ, Pan HY, Gao SJ. Reverse transcription slippage over the mRNA secondary structure of the LIP1 gene. Biotechniques. 2001 Dec;31(6):1286, 1288, 1290, passim.

Wang XP, Gao SJ. Auto-activation of the transforming viral interferon regulatory factor encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus-8). J Gen Virol. 2003 Feb;84(Pt 2):329-36.

Pan HY, Zhang YJ, Wang XP, Deng JH, Zhou FC, Gao SJ. Identification of a novel cellular transcriptional repressor interacting with the latent nuclear antigen of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. J Virol. 2003 Sep;77(18):9758-68.

Pan H, Zhou F, Gao SJ. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus induction of chromosome instability in primary human endothelial cells. Cancer Res. 2004 Jun 15;64(12):4064-8.

Deng JH, Zhang YJ, Wang XP, Gao SJ. Lytic replication-defective Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus: potential role in infection and malignant transformation. J Virol. 2004 Oct;78(20):11108-20.

Study ID Numbers:	918
First Received:	September 28, 2000
Last Updated:	June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00006310
Health Authority:	United States: Federal Government

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral

Malignant mesenchymal tumor

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Sarcoma, Kaposi

Soft tissue sarcomas

Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes

Herpesviridae Infections

Virus Diseases

Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue

Kaposi sarcoma

HIV Infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Sarcoma

DNA Virus Infections

Retroviridae Infections

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Communicable Diseases

Neoplasms

RNA Virus Infections

Pathologic Processes

Disease

Neoplasms by Histologic Type

Slow Virus Diseases

Immune System Diseases

Syndrome

Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue

Lentivirus Infections

Infection

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on December 03, 2008

Sponsored by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Information provided by:	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00006310