Table 4 HHV-8 PCR target sequences employed in recent studies

From: Absence of human herpesvirus-8 in pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of 20 cases

Study

Target sequences

Positive sequences

Gomez-Roman et al9, 10

ORFK2, ORFK7, ORFK13, ORF16, ORF21, ORF25, ORF26, ORF72, ORF73, ORF74, ORF75

ORFK2

ORFK13

ORF16

ORF72

Ding et al27

ORF26

ORF26

Yamamoto et al22

ORF26

None

This study

ORFK2

ORF16

ORF26

ORF72

None

  1. HHV, human herpesvirus; ORF, open reading frame; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
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