Chan P K, Ng H K, Cheung J L, Cheng A F
Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
J Clin Microbiol. 2000 Jul;38(7):2772-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.7.2772-2773.2000.
Brain tissues from both sides of the cerebellum and frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes were collected postmortem from 30 patients for human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) detection by PCR. Overall, 42 of 300 (14.0%) samples were positive, with similar rates for each position. Nineteen patients (63.3%) were positive and showed a significant increase in positivity with age (P = 0.007). The results indicate a neuroinvasive and neuropersistent potential of HHV-8.
对30例患者进行尸检,采集其小脑两侧以及额叶、颞叶、顶叶和枕叶的脑组织,采用聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测人疱疹病毒8型(HHV-8)。总体而言,300个样本中有42个(14.0%)呈阳性,各部位阳性率相似。19例患者(63.3%)呈阳性,且阳性率随年龄显著增加(P = 0.007)。结果表明HHV-8具有神经侵袭和神经持续性潜力。