Clinical trial · Observational
KSHV Infection in Blood Donors From Texas
KSHV Seroprevalence in Hospital Patients From San Antonio
NCT00006310CI-TRIAL-00021304completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
Conditions
Conditions (6)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Blood Donors | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Blood Transfusion | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| HIV Infections | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Sarcoma, Kaposi | Kaposi Sarcoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Maximum age
- 100 Years
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References
Publications (13)
- BACKGROUNDWang 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. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204115. PMID 11313983
- BACKGROUNDZhang 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):2049-2058. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-8-2049. PMID 10900044
- BACKGROUNDOyajobi 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. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02038.x. PMID 10848833
- BACKGROUNDZhang 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. doi: 10.1086/317650. Epub 2000 Nov 30. PMID 11106539
- BACKGROUNDBaillargeon 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. doi: 10.1016/s1047-2797(01)00242-3. PMID 11557184
- BACKGROUNDZhang 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. doi: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700299. PMID 11393281
- BACKGROUNDBaillargeon 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. doi: 10.1002/jmv.10136.