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15 February 2007

Volume 44, Number 4
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007;44:558–561
© 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
1058-4838/2007/4404-0013$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/511044
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Human Herpesvirus–8 in Peruvian Blood Donors: A Population with Hyperendemic Disease?

Salim Mohanna,1

Jose‐Andres Portillo,1

Gabriela Carriquiry,1

Julio Vidal,2

Juan Carlos Ferrufino,3

Juvenal Sanchez,4

Francisco Bravo,1 and

Eduardo Gotuzzo1

1Human Herpesvirus 8 and Classic Kaposi Sarcoma Working Group, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Alexander von Humboldt,” Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, 2Blood Bank and 3Department of Pathology, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, and 4Department of Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Lima, Peru

Serum samples from 128 blood donors were tested for antibodies specific for human herpesvirus–8 by an immunofluorescence assay that detects antibodies against mainly lytic antigens. An overall seroprevalence of 56.25% was found (male donors, 54.68%; female donors, 57.11%). These findings indicate that human herpesvirus–8 infection is hyperendemic in Peruvian blood donors.

Received 2 October 2006; accepted 23 October 2006; electronically published 11 January 2007.

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Salim Mohanna, Ave. Del Parque Norte 775, Corpac‐San Isidro, Lima, Peru ().

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