Latent human herpesvirus - 8 (HHV-8) infection in female commercial sex workers from Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil
AUTOR(ES)
Caterino-de-Araujo, Adele, Santos-Fortuna, Elizabeth, Magri, Mariana Cavalheiro, Schuelter-Trevisol, Fabiana, Silva, Marcos Vinicius
FONTE
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007-02
RESUMO
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection was identified in 6 out of 90 (6.7%) female commercial sex workers from Imbituba, Santa Catarina, and was associated to age. Frequencies of 5.6% of anti-latent and 3.3% of anti-lytic antibodies were detected. Considering non-endemic areas from Brazil, the anti-latent antibodies frequency seems elevated and requires further investigation on referent female population.
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