[Incidence of human herpes virus 8 (HHV 8) infections in risk groups of the population].
OBJECTIVE
To identify and to examine the population groups at highest risk of acquiring HHV8 infection.


METHODS
Indirect immunofluorescence test (IIF) for detection of IgG antibodies to the lytic antigen of HHV 8.


RESULTS
In total 101 STD patients of a dermatovenerological clinic, 129 HIV - negative homosexual men - who have asked for voluntary HIV testing and 37 patients with repeated blood transfusions were tested. The highest number of patients - 13 (10 %) with IgG antibodies to the lytic antigen of HHV 8 was found in the group of HIV - negative homosexual men.


CONCLUSIONS
In the Czech Republic are at highest risk of HHV 8 infection (except HIV positive persons), HIV negative men.
Suchánková
Alena
A
Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic, herpesvir@szu.cz
Týyna
Roman
R
Procházka
Ivo
I
Roubalová
Katerina
K
König
Jaroslav
J
D018153:Czech Republic; D015658:HIV Infections; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence