Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection, Rural Egypt

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors for Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection, Rural Egypt

To determine whether human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is associated with schistosomal and hepatitis C virus infections in Egypt, we surveyed 965 rural household participants who had been tested for HHV-8 and schistosomal infection (seroprevalence 14.2% and 68.6%, respectively, among those <15 years of...

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Main Authors: Sam M. Mbulaiteye, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Bryan Dolan, Victor C.W. Tsang, John Noh, Nabiel N.H. Mikhail, Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, Mohamed Hashem, Denise Whitby, G. Thomas Strickland, James J. Goedert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
HHV-8
epidemiology
transmission
Africa
cancer
schistosomiasis
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/4/07-0935_article

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