Sex and Geographic Patterns of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in a Nationally Representative Population‐Based Sample in Uganda | Zendy

Be Biryahwaho | Zendy; Sheila C. Dollard | Zendy; Ruth M. Pfeiffer | Zendy; Fatma M. Shebl | Zendy; Stella Munuo | Zendy; Minal M. Amin | Zendy; Wolfgang Hladik | Zendy; Ruth Parsons | Zendy; Sam M. Mbulaiteye | Zendy

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Sex and Geographic Patterns of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection in a Nationally Representative Population‐Based Sample in Uganda

Author(s) -

Be Biryahwaho,

Sheila C. Dollard,

Ruth M. Pfeiffer,

Fatma M. Shebl,

Stella Munuo,

Minal M. Amin,

Wolfgang Hladik,

Ruth Parsons,

Sam M. Mbulaiteye

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/656525

Subject(s) - odds ratio , demography , population , medicine , confidence interval , immunology , environmental health , sociology

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), the infectious cause of Kaposi sarcoma, varies dramatically across Africa, suggesting that cofactors correlated with large-area geographic or environmental characteristics may influence risk of infection. Variation in HHV8 seropositivity across small-area regions within countries in Africa is unknown. We investigated this issue in Uganda, where Kaposi sarcoma distribution is uneven and well described.

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