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Description

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is one of seven currently known human cancer viruses, or oncoviruses. It is also the eighth human herpesvirus; its formal name according to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ITCV) is HHV-8. Like other herpesviruses, its informal name (KSHV) is used interchangeably with its ITCV name. This virus causes Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer commonly occurring in AIDS patients, as well as primary effusion lymphoma and some types of multicentric Castleman's disease. While the role of this virus in causing cancer has been well-established for over a decade, a recent survey shows that only 6% of gay and bisexual men who are at risk for KSHV infection and Kaposi's sarcoma are aware of this link. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Wikipedia

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Herpes virus 8
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2002-07-26
Construct for LOINC Short Name
HHV8

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 疱疹病毒 8 型
Synonyms: HHV8;HHV-8
fr-CA French (Canada) Virus de l'herpès 8
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Herpesviirus 8
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Herpes virus 8
it-IT Italian (Italy) Herpes virus 8
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Herpes virüsü 8
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Herpes virus 8
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) humaan herpesvirus 8
Synonyms: HHV-8; KSHV; Kaposi-sarcoom-herpesvirus
fr-BE French (Belgium) Virus de l'herpès 8
Synonyms: HHV8
pl-PL Polish (Poland) Herpeswirus 8
Synonyms: Herpeswirus typu 8