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Table 3 Selected studies on the association between HHV-8 and sarcoidosis

From: Is there any association between Sarcoidosis and infectious agents?: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author/Year (Ref.)

Country

Molecular technique

Patients

Controls

OR (95% CI)

n/N

n/N

Knoell, 2005 [60]

USA

PCR for HHV-8 DNA

0/8

0/8

-

Gazouli, 2002 [22]

Greece

PCR for HHV-8 DNA

0/46

0/20

-

Fredricks, 2002 [61]

USA

PCR for HHV-8 ORF 26 DNA

0/18

0/4

-

Maeda, 2000 [62]

Japan

Hemi-nested PCR for HHV-8 DNA

4/119

4/120

1.01 (0.25–4.13)

Sugaya, 1999 [63]

Japan

Nested PCR for HHV-8 ORF 26 DNA

0/12

1/1

0.01 (0.00–0.95)

Bélec, 1998 [64]

France

Nested PCR for HHV-8 ORF 25/26 DNA

0/14

2/17

0.21 (0.01–4.84)

Di Alberti, 1997 [40]

Italy

Nested PCR for HHV-8 ORF 26 DNA and Heminested PCR for HHV-8 ORF 25 DNA

38/39

6/113

677.67 (79.01–5812.52)

  1. HHV-8 Human Herpesvirus 8, ORF 25/26 DNA insertion sequence to identify HHV-8