title: [Incidence of human herpes virus 8 (HHV 8) infections in risk groups of the population].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic, herpesvir@szu.cz
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suchánková
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Týyna
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Procházka
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roubalová
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: König
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D015658:HIV Infections; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence