A Study of HHA-8 Seroprevalence in Korean Health Care Workers / 감염과화학요법
Infection and Chemotherapy
; : 246-247, 2008.
Article
ي Ko
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| ID: wpr-721604
المكتبة المسؤولة:
WPRO
ABSTRACT
HHV-8 virus is known to be associated with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in HIV seropositive patients and its seroprevalence has geographic difference. In South Korea, incidence of KS is low not only in general population but also in HIV patients compared to other countries. It is speculated that low seroprevalence of HHV-8 has contributed to the low incidence of KS in South Korea. We examined the seroprevalence of anti HHV-8 IgG of HIV seronegative health care workers in one University hospital. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) was used for diagnosis. One person (0.6%, 1/164) was seropositive, six were equivocal (3.7%, 6/164) and 157 people were seronegative (95.73%, 157/164). This study revealed that seroprevalence of HHV-8 in general population was low in South Korea. Further studies are needed to be carried out to evaluate the low HHV-8 seroprevalence in Korea.
Key words
النص الكامل:
1
الفهرس:
WPRIM
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Sarcoma, Kaposi
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Viruses
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Immunoglobulin G
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Seroepidemiologic Studies
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Incidence
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HIV
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Herpesvirus 8, Human
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Delivery of Health Care
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Republic of Korea
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Korea
نوع الدراسة:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
المحددات:
Humans
البلد/الأقليم حسب الموضوع:
Asia
اللغة:
Ko
مجلة:
Infection and Chemotherapy
السنة:
2008
نوع:
Article