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Possible transmission of human herpesvirus-8 by blood transfusion in a historical United States cohortSheila C Dollard
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Transfusion 45:500-3. 2005..Transmission of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) by blood transfusion in the United States appears plausible but has not been demonstrated. The objective of this study was to evaluate evidence of HHV-8 transmission via blood transfusion...- New estimates of the prevalence of neurological and sensory sequelae and mortality associated with congenital cytomegalovirus infectionSheila C Dollard
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Rev Med Virol 17:355-63. 2007..Future studies should extend follow-up of CMV-infected children identified through universal screening and include the evaluation of visual impairment... 
Public health and laboratory considerations regarding newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirusSheila C Dollard
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Inherit Metab Dis 33:S249-54. 2010..Nonetheless, screening newborns for congenital CMV infection merits further consideration...
Incidence of cytomegalovirus infection among the general population and pregnant women in the United StatesFernando A B Colugnati
Disciplina de Nutrição e Metabolismo, Departamento de Pediatria, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
BMC Infect Dis 7:71. 2007..More children suffer serious disabilities caused by congenital CMV than by several better-known childhood maladies such as Down syndrome or fetal alcohol syndrome..- Human herpesvirus 8 presence and viral load are associated with the progression of AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcomaA Scott Laney
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS 21:1541-5. 2007..We present the largest longitudinal study to date that examines the association between Kaposi's Sarcoma (KS) disease progression and the presence and viral load of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)... - Repeated measures study of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) DNA and antibodies in men seropositive for both HHV-8 and HIVA Scott Laney
National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 18:1819-26. 2004..Seroassays should target multiple epitopes to achieve maximal sensitivity. HHV-8 replication may be limited by high antibody titers or other immune function for which antibodies are a marker... 
National prevalence estimates for cytomegalovirus IgM and IgG avidity and association between high IgM antibody titer and low IgG aviditySheila C Dollard
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Vaccine Immunol 18:1895-9. 2011..Both IgM and IgG avidity measurements provide useful clinical information for evaluating primary CMV infection, although commercial tests for CMV IgG avidity are not yet widely available in the United States...- Evidence for both lytic replication and tightly regulated human herpesvirus 8 latency in circulating mononuclear cells, with virus loads frequently below common thresholds of detectionElisa Martro
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Virol 78:11707-14. 2004.... - Kaposi's sarcoma in Uganda: risk factors for human herpesvirus 8 infection among blood donorsWolfgang Hladik
Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, National Center for HIV, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, U S A
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:206-10. 2003..The association with HIV indicates sexual transmission may also occur. The role of ORF65 EIA in testing specimens from Africa warrants further evaluation... - Quantitation of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) antibody in patients transfused with HHV-8-seropositive bloodAshley L Fowlkes
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Transfusion 49:2208-13. 2009..It was observed that several HHV-8-seronegative patients were unexpectedly HHV-8 seropositive after blood transfusion... - Cytomegalovirus survival on common environmental surfaces: opportunities for viral transmissionJennifer D Stowell
Division of Viral Disease, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 205:211-4. 2012..CMV was cultured from 83 of 90 wet and 5 of 40 dry surfaces. CMV was more likely to be isolated from wet, highly absorbent surfaces at earlier time points... - Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection as a cause of permanent bilateral hearing loss: a quantitative assessmentScott D Grosse
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
J Clin Virol 41:57-62. 2008..Quantifying the impact of congenital CMV infection requires an evidence-based assessment using a standard case definition of hearing loss... - Lack of evidence for human herpesvirus-8 transmission via blood transfusion in a historical US cohortMichael J Cannon
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Infect Dis 199:1592-8. 2009..However, because these studies were conducted outside the United States or did not have linked donor-recipient pairs, they have a limited ability to inform US blood-banking policy... - Substantial regional differences in human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in sub-Saharan Africa: insights on the origin of the "Kaposi's sarcoma belt"Sheila C Dollard
Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Int J Cancer 127:2395-401. 2010..These findings help to explain the high KS incidence in the "KS Belt" and underscore the importance of a uniform approach to HHV-8 antibody testing... - Cytomegalovirus seroprevalence in the United States: the national health and nutrition examination surveys, 1988-2004Sheri Lewis Bate
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Clin Infect Dis 50:1439-47. 2010..The substantial disparities in CMV risk among seronegative women suggest that prevention strategies should include an emphasis on reaching racial or ethnic minorities and women of low socioeconomic status... - Risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma in men seropositive for both human herpesvirus 8 and human immunodeficiency virusMichael J Cannon
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS 17:215-22. 2003..To identify risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) among men seropositive for both human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) and HIV... - Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in the United States, 1988-1994Stephanie A S Staras
Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Clin Infect Dis 43:1143-51. 2006..However, there are no nationwide estimates of CMV seroprevalence among pregnant women or the overall population of the United States... - The epidemiology and prevention of congenital cytomegalovirus infection and disease: activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WorkgroupDanielle S Ross
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Division of Human Development and Disabilities, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:224-9. 2006..This report provides background on congenital CMV infection and describes the goals and activities of the workgroup for reducing the burden of sequelae of congenital CMV infection... - Highly sensitive assay for human herpesvirus 8 antibodies that uses a multiple antigenic peptide derived from open reading frame K8.1Lee L Lam
Division of AIDS, STD, and TB Laboratory Research, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Clin Microbiol 40:325-9. 2002..The sensitivity and specificity of the assay were 96 and 99.4%, respectively. This assay should be useful for population-based, epidemiological studies of HHV-8 infection...