Table 2.

HHV-8 analysis in patients presenting AS and EKS

Patient	Diagnosis	Histological review	β-globin	VR1	VR2	ORF-73	K12	HHV-8 result
1	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
2	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
3	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
4	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
5	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
6	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
7	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
8	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
9	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
10	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
11	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
12	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
13	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
14	AS	Confirmed	negative	-	-	-	-	excluded
15	AS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	-	negative
16	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	+	-	positive
17	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	+	-	positive
18	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	+	-	positive
19	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	+	-	positive
20	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	-	+	positive
21	EKS	Confirmed	positive	+	+	+	-	positive
22	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	+	+	positive
23	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	+	+	positive
24	EKS	Confirmed	positive	+	+	+	-	positive
25	EKS	Confirmed	negative	-	-	-	-	excluded
26	EKS	Confirmed	positive	-	-	+	-	positive
27	EKS	Confirmed	low	-	-	-	-	negative

AS, angiosarcoma; EKS, epidemic Kaposi´s sarcoma; HHV-8, herpes virus 8