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MeSH Heading: Herpesvirus 8, Human
Tree Number(s): B04.280.210.400.700.330; B04.280.382.400.700.330; B04.613.204.500.700.330
Unique ID: D019288
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019288
Annotation: infection: coord IM with HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM) or KAPOSI SARCOMA if so specified by author
Scope Note: A species in the genus RHADINOVIRUS, subfamily GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE, isolated from patients with AIDS-related and classical Kaposi sarcoma.
Entry Version: HHV 8
Entry Term(s): HHV-8; Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated; Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated; Human Herpesvirus 8; KSHV; Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus; Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
Public MeSH Note: 2002; see HERPESVIRUS, KAPOSI SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED 1998-2001, see HERPESVIRUS, KAPOSI'S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED 1997; KAPOSI SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS was KAPOSI'S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS 1997
History Note: 2002(1997)
Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Concept UI: M0028718
Scope Note: A species in the genus RHADINOVIRUS, subfamily GAMMAHERPESVIRINAE, isolated from patients with AIDS-related and classical Kaposi sarcoma.
Terms: Herpesvirus 8, Human Preferred Term
Term UI T057460
Date06/03/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Human Herpesvirus 8
Term UI T000882413
Date06/24/2015
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2002); HHV-8
Term UI T057461
Date06/03/1996
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Herpesvirus, Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated
Term UI T057462
Date09/27/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
Term UI T057463
Date09/27/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
Term UI T057464
Date12/05/1995
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Herpesvirus, Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated
Term UI T057465
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); KSHV
Term UI T057466
Date12/05/1995
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (1997)

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