Are many human endogenous retrovirus K ( HERV-K ) proviruses unique to humans?
At least eight full-length HERV-K genomes that are in the human germline today integrated after humans diverged from chimpanzees. All of the viral open reading frames and cis-acting sequences necessary for HERV-K replication must have been intact during the recent time when these proviruses formed. Multiple full-length open reading frames for all HERV-K proteins are present in the human genome today.
In this single-institution cohort of patients with SAH, onset seizures were an independent risk factor for late seizures and a predictor of poor outcome.