Increased human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in young homosexual men who have multiple sex contacts with different partners

David J. Blackbourn; Dennis Osmond; Jay A. Levy; Evelyne T. Lennette

doi:10.1086/314570

Increased human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in young homosexual men who have multiple sex contacts with different partners

David J. Blackbourn, Dennis Osmond, Jay A. Levy^*, Evelyne T. Lennette

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University of California at San Francisco

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	237-239
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	179
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/314570
Publication status	Published - 1999

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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.

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