Publications by authors named "Caroline Chauvel"

Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) is commonly detected in all epidemiologic forms of Kaposi's sarcoma. Despite the broad cellular tropism of HHV-8, studies on mucosal shedding of HHV-8 have shown that infectious particles are restricted to saliva isolated from the oropharynx. We used biotinylated purified HHV-8 particles in a direct binding assay to whole clarified human salivary samples isolated from HHV-8-infected and uninfected individuals.

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