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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2021

Malaria Is Associated With Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Seroconversion in a Cohort of Western Kenyan Children.

Katherine R Sabourin, Ibrahim Daud, Sidney Ogolla, Nazzarena Labo, Wendell Miley, Molly Lamb, Robert Newton, Denise Whitby, Rosemary Rochford

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Risk and Disease in Kidney Donors and Transplant Recipients With HIV in the United States.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Katherine R SabourinDepartment of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6147-9196
Ibrahim DaudCentre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
Sidney OgollaCentre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
Nazzarena LaboFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Wendell MileyFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA.
Molly LambDepartment of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Robert NewtonDepartment of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
Denise WhitbyFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Leidos Biomedical Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7407-2563
Rosemary RochfordDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Leidos (United States) · USColorado School of Public Health · USKenya Medical Research Institute · KEUniversity of Colorado Denver · USUniversity of York · GB

Funding

WORK ORDER 126643 B539 EXPAND IC SUITE75N91019D00024 · NIAID · LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC. · PI BRISCOE, LYNN · 2019 to 2025
$3932.6M
Effects of Malaria on EBV Persistence in ChildrenR01CA102667 · NCI · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI ROCHFORD, ROSEMARY · 2005 to 2014
$2.9M
Environmental determinants of KSHV transmission in rural UgandaR01CA239588 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ROBERT, NEWTON, SABOURIN, KATHERINE R · 2019 to 2023
$2.6M
CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CNCI NIH HHS 75N91019D00024NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001ENCI NIH HHS R01 CA102667NCI NIH HHS R01 CA239588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe aimed to determine whether Plasmodium falciparum infection affects age of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) seroconversion in Kenyan children.

methodsKenyan children (n = 144) enrolled at age 1 month, from 2 sites with different levels of malaria transmission (stable/high vs unstable/low) were followed to age 24 months. Plasma was tested for KSHV antibodies using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; K8.1 and LANA) and a multiplex bead-based assay (K8.1, K10.5, ORF38, ORF50, and LANA) and whole blood tested for P. falciparum DNA using quantitative PCR. Cox proportional hazards models were used to assess associations between P. falciparum DNA detection, malaria annualized rate (P. falciparum detections/person-years), and enrollment site (malaria-high vs malaria-low) with time to KSHV seroconversion.

resultsKSHV seroprevalence was 63% by age 2 years when assessed by multiplex assay. Children with P. falciparum were at increased hazards of earlier KSHV seroconversion and, among children with malaria, the hazard of becoming KSHV seropositive increased significantly with increasing malaria annualized rate. Children from the malaria-high transmission region had no significant difference in hazards of KSHV seroconversion at 12 months but were more likely to become KSHV seropositive by age 24 months. DISCUSSION: Malaria exposure increases the risk for KSHV seroconversion early in life.

Indexed as

MalariaSarcoma, KaposiAntibodies, ViralChild, PreschoolHerpesvirus 8, HumanHumansInfantKenyaSeroconversionSeroepidemiologic StudiesAntibodies, ViralHHV-8Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirusKSHVmalariasub-Saharan Africa

Identifiers

PMID33249494
PMCPMC8280487
OpenAlexW3109836958

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