Open AccessPrevalence and Correlates of Human Herpesvirus 8 Infection Among Peruvian Men Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s) -
Juan V. Guanira,
Corey Casper,
Javier R. Lama,
Rhoda Ashley Morrow,
Silvia M. Montano,
Patricia Caballero,
Luis Suárez,
William L. H. Whittington,
Anna Wald,
Jorge Sánchez,
Connie Celum
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31818d5bf8
Subject(s) - men who have sex with men , coinfection , medicine , serology , seroprevalence , odds ratio , confidence interval , syphilis , demography , logistic regression , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antibody , sociology
Infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is common among men who have sex with men (MSM) in North America and Europe and is also found to be endemic in some regions of South America. Little is known about HHV-8 prevalence and its correlates among MSM in the Andean region.