TY - JOUR
T1 - Increased human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in young homosexual men who have multiple sex contacts with different partners
AU - Blackbourn, David J.
AU - Osmond, Dennis
AU - Levy, Jay A.
AU - Lennette, Evelyne T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 22 June 1998; revised 28 August 1998. Informed consent was obtained from participating subjects, and the study had the approval of the University of California, San Francisco, Committee on Human Research. Grant support: University of California, San Francisco, AIDS Clinical Research Center, Universitywide AIDS Research Program (CC96-SF-193). Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Jay A. Levy, Dept. of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-1270.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The objective of this study was to evaluate the behavioral risks that are associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in a cohort of young homosexual men. Seventy-nine subjects (ages 22-33 years) who completed a questionnaire about their sexual and drug use behavior over the preceding year were recruited from the San Francisco Young Men's Health Study. Plasma samples were tested for anti-HHV-8 antibodies using an indirect IFA. Thirty- eight subjects (48.1%) were infected with HHV-8. HHV-8 infection was significantly linked to an increasing number of male sex partners (P = .025, Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test for trend), suggesting a strong association between HHV-8 infection and multiple homosexual contacts.
AB - The objective of this study was to evaluate the behavioral risks that are associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in a cohort of young homosexual men. Seventy-nine subjects (ages 22-33 years) who completed a questionnaire about their sexual and drug use behavior over the preceding year were recruited from the San Francisco Young Men's Health Study. Plasma samples were tested for anti-HHV-8 antibodies using an indirect IFA. Thirty- eight subjects (48.1%) were infected with HHV-8. HHV-8 infection was significantly linked to an increasing number of male sex partners (P = .025, Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test for trend), suggesting a strong association between HHV-8 infection and multiple homosexual contacts.
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U2 - 10.1086/314570
DO - 10.1086/314570
M3 - Article
C2 - 9841846
AN - SCOPUS:0009528086
VL - 179
SP - 237
EP - 239
JO - The journal of infectious diseases
JF - The journal of infectious diseases
SN - 0022-1899
IS - 1
ER -
