Increased Human Herpesvirus 8 Seroprevalence in Young Homosexual Men Who Have Multiple Sex Contacts with Different Partners
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Increased human herpesvirus 8 seroprevalence in young homosexual men who have multiple sex contacts with different partners.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the behavioral risks that are associated with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in a cohort of young homosexual men. Seventy-nine subjects (ages 22-33 years) who completed a questionnaire about their sexual and drug use behavior over the preceding year were recruited from the San Francisco Young Men's Health Study. Plasma samples were tested for a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1086/314570