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Prevalence of Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

A. Ingianni1, F. Carta1, A. Reina1, M. Manai1, A. Desogus1 and R. Pompei1
  • 1 Università degli studi di Cagliari, Italy

Abstract

In this study a possible relationship between the presence of type 2 diabetes (DM2) and the Human Herpesvirus 8 infection (HHV-8) has been evaluated. The presence of HHV-8 DNA was monitored by nested PCR and Southern blotting in peripheral blood leucocytes of DM2 patients admitted to the Diabetology and Metabolic Disease Service of the "S. Giovanni di Dio" Hospital (Cagliari, Italy); healthy blood donor subjects were examined as controls. The results suggest that the frequency of HHV-8 DNA detection is more elevated in DM2 patients (23.7%) than in healthy control subjects (12%, p<0.05). The association of HHV-8 infection with some other frequent complicating pathologies of DM2 patients was also evaluated. The possible role of HHV-8 in DM2 disease and related intercurrent pathologies is critically discussed.

American Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 3 No. 3, 2007, 123-127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2007.123.127

Submitted On: 13 April 2007 Published On: 30 September 2007

How to Cite: Ingianni, A., Carta, F., Reina, A., Manai, M., Desogus, A. & Pompei, R. (2007). Prevalence of Herpesvirus 8 Infection in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients. American Journal of Infectious Diseases, 3(3), 123-127. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajidsp.2007.123.127

Open AccessCopyright: © 2007 A. Ingianni, F. Carta, A. Reina, M. Manai, A. Desogus and R. Pompei. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • HHV-8
  • type 2 Diabetes mellitus
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Diabetic complicating diseases