Prevalence of human herpesvirus-8 among HIV-infected patients, intravenous drug users and the general population in Iran
| Autor: | Zabihollah Shoja, Mostafa Haji Mollahoseini, Ahmad Nejati, Rezvan Kakavand-Ghalehnoei, Sayed Mahdi Marashi, Alireza Najafi, Somayeh Jalilvand, Shohreh Shahmahmoodi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty viruses Gonorrhea Population HIV Infections Iran Genital warts Drug Users 03 medical and health sciences Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Humans education Substance Abuse Intravenous Gynecology education.field_of_study Chlamydia business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases Hepatitis C Herpesviridae Infections medicine.disease 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Herpesvirus 8 Human Syphilis business |
| Zdroj: | Sexual health. 13(3) |
| ISSN: | 1448-5028 |
| Popis: | Studies looking at the frequency of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) among Iranian blood donors have produced conflicting results. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HHV-8 DNA by using polymerase chain reaction methods among 168 healthy individuals, 60 intravenous drug users and 100 HIV-infected patients from Iran. The prevalence of HHV-8 was significantly higher among intravenous drug users (13.3%) compared with the general population (3.6%; P = 0.017). The HHV-8 genome was mostly detected among intravenous drug users who displayed high-risk sexual behaviours. Moreover, the HHV-8 genome was also detected in 8% of HIV-infected patients. The present study findings support the likelihood that the transmission of HHV-8 is via a sexual route in the Iranian population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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