Skin biopsy processing for rapid molecular diagnosis and histopathologic interpretation: application to Kaposi sarcoma in East Africa
These results warrant further investigation using a larger set of skin biopsies and indicate that the Slicer and ColdSHOT could enable accurate KS diagnosis within a few hours of biopsy collection with minimal equipment.
Authors
- Aggrey Semeere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1826-2239)
- Robert Lukande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9449-6649)
- Racheal Ayanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-6300)
- Toby Maurer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1968-3916)
- David Erickson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1624-9711)
- Ethel Cesarman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3303-6299)
- Juan Boza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8153-9371)
- Xinying Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1706-7642)
- Marcelo G. Horenstein
- Jeffrey Martin
- Jason Cade Manning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-382X)
- Hilda Muwando
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Infectious Diseases Institute (UG)
- Indiana University Bloomington (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Agents and Cancer
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13027-025-00671-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Viral-associated cancers and disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- National Cancer Institute