<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zavitsanou, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sypsa, V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petrodaskalaki, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kalapothaki, V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Whitby, D.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hatzakis, A</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection in healthy urban employees from Greece: seroprevalence and associated factors</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Med VirolJ Med VirolJ Med Virol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of medical virology</style></alt-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of medical virologyJournal of medical virology</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adult</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Age Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibodies, Viral/*blood</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carrier State/epidemiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cross-Sectional Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Greece/epidemiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herpesviridae Infections/*blood/*epidemiology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Herpesvirus 8, Human/*immunology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Occupational Health</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Risk Factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seroepidemiologic Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">urban population</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">May</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">79</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">591-6</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0146-6615 (Print)0146-6615 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A cross-sectional study was carried out in healthy company employees from Greece with the aim of assessing the prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) and identifying risk factors for this herpesviral infection. Serum samples obtained from 955 subjects were tested for antibodies to HHV-8 by the K8.1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Associations between HHV-8 serostatus and potential risk factors were examined using t-test, chi square test, and multivariate logistic regression analysis. HHV-8 prevalence was 7.6% (95% confidence interval (CI): 6.0%, 9.5%) and it increased with age from 6.5% among &lt;30 years old to 13.8% among &gt; or =50 years old subjects (P = 0.006). HHV-8 seropositivity was independently associated with endoscopic examination (odds ratio (OR): 2.01; 95% CI: 1.09, 3.70; P = 0.026), HBsAg positivity (OR: 5.16; 95% CI: 2.02, 13.20; P = 0.001) and age (OR &gt; or =50 years old vs. &lt;50 years old: 2.09; 95% CI: 1.23, 3.52; P = 0.006). No statistically significant associations between HHV-8 positive status and gender, occupational status, surgery, transfusion, tattoos/body piercing, multiple sex partners, weakness/fatigue, HCV status were observed. HHV-8 is prevalent in Greece. The strong association between HBV infection and HHV-8 positive status supports the hypothesis of an association between these two viral infections. The association between HHV-8 seropositivity and endoscopic examination requires further investigation.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17385692</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zavitsanou, AssiminaSypsa, VanaPetrodaskalaki, MariaKalapothaki, VictoriaWhitby, DeniseHatzakis, AngelosengN01-CO-12400/CO/NCI NIH HHS/Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural2007/03/28 09:00J Med Virol. 2007 May;79(5):591-6. doi: 10.1002/jmv.20812.</style></notes><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>