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Vertical transmission of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

✍ Scribed by Hamakwa Mantina; Chipepo Kankasa; Winslow Klaskala; Brad Brayfield; James Campbell; Quijiang Du; Ganapati Bhat; Francis Kasolo; Charles Mitchell; Charles Wood

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
French
Weight
72 KB
Volume
94
Category
Article
ISSN
0020-7136

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✦ Synopsis

Little is presently known about the specific routes of transmission of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) or human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8). To investigate whether this agent might be transmitted vertically from mother to infant, we conducted a study on 89 KSHV seropositive mothers and their newborn infants. Thirteen mothers (14.6%) had KSHV DNA detected in their peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Two of 89 samples drawn at birth from infants born to KSHV seropositive mothers had KSHV DNA detectable within their PBMC. These findings suggest that KSHV can be transmitted perinatally, but infrequently. Other routes of transmission such as horizontal transmission remain the most likely means of KSHV transmission.

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