Titre : | Prevalence of HAV-8 infection in Albanian adults and association with HBV and HCV. (2004) |
Auteurs : | Nicola SCHINAIA ; Massimo ANDREONI ; Silva BINO ; Yllka KODRA ; Shpetim QYRA ; Giovanni REZZA ; Loredana SARMATI ; Institute of Public Health. Tirana. ALB ; University of Tor Vergata. Infectious Disease Institute. Rome. ITA ; University of Tor Vergata. Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Rome. ITA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 19, n° 5, 2004) |
Pagination : | 467-469 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Infection ; Prévalence ; Epidémiologie ; Immunofluorescence ; Virus ; Adulte ; Homme ; Association ; VHC ; Albanie ; Europe ; Sérologie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS X3dQpR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. To estimate the prevalence of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV-8) in Albania and its correlation with HBV and HCV, we tested 196 serum samples collected from apparently healthy adults (i.e., 154 women and 42 men). We found 20% anti-HHV-8 antibodies, about 10% HbsAg-positive, and 67% anti-HBc antibodies ; anti-HCV antibody prevalence was 3%. It remains to be determined whether HHV-8 infection and HCV infection have common modes of transmission. |