TABLE 2.

Intrastrain conservation of identified epitopes^a

^aEpitope occurrence within the three viral strains as deduced from the analysis of the 118 complete K1 protein sequences. 9-mer peptides correspond to the epitopes identified in this study, and the HLA class I restriction is indicated. Amino acids in bold represent changes in alternative peptide sequences in the patients indicated as determined by ELIspot assay. Peptides corresponding to KSHV strain A are in blue; alternative peptides corresponding to strain C are in green.