Analysis of the ORFK1 hypervariable regions reveal distinct HHV-8 clustering in Kaposi’s sarcoma and non-Kaposi’s cases

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients and reference subjects (n = 27)

Sample ID	Material	Diagnosis	Origin	Year of sampling	Age	Sex	Genotype	Plasma viral load gen eq/mL	Clinical stage
26 K	Biopsy	cKS	Central Italy	2008	73	M	A	107	B IV
30 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2008	78	M	A	33	B IV
33 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2008	65	M	A	563	B IV
36 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2009	61	F	A	100	B IV
40 K	Biopsy	cKS	Central Italy	2010	38	F	A	Undetectable	A II
47 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2003	68	M	A	105	B IV
48 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2003	77	M	A	190	B IV
4 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2003	72	F	A	100	B II
15 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2004	68	M	A	57	B IV
18 K	Biopsy	cKS	Central Italy	2005	66	M	C	70	B IV
20 K	Biopsy	cKS	Central Italy	2007	66	M	C	100	A II
21 K	Biopsy	cKS	Central Italy	2007	67	M	C	231	B I
27 K	Biopsy	cKS	Central Italy	2008	87	M	C	5	B IV
34 K	Biopsy	cKS	South Italy	2009	56	M	C	20	A I
37 K	Biopsy	cKS	Central Italy	2009	82	M	C	400	B III
14 K	PBMC	Early MF	Central Italy	2010	41	M	A	Undetectable
3 K	Biopsy	Early MF	South Italy	2002	56	M	A	Undetectable
77 K	Biopsy	Early MF	Central Italy	2007	74	M	A	Undetectable
78 K	Biopsy	Early MF	Central Italy	2006	66	M	A	Undetectable
17 K	PBMC	MF	Central Italy	2005	70	M	A	124
13 K	Biopsy	MF	South Italy	2010	72	M	C	21200
42 K	Biopsy	MF	Central Italy	2010	66	M	C	100
5 K	Biopsy	MF	Central Italy	2003	40	M	C	125
1 K	PBMC	Asymptomatic	South Italy	2000	79	F	A	Undetectable
2 K	PBMC	Asymptomatic	South Italy	2000	83	F	A	Undetectable
43 K	PBMC	Asymptomatic	Central Italy	2000	80	F	C	Undetectable
44 K	PBMC	Asymptomatic	Central Italy	2000	61	M	C	Undetectable

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