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[The study on subclinical Epstein-Barr virus infection of heroin addicts]
1Department of Clinical Laboratory Centre, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China.
Objective:
To study the subclinical EBV infection and related factors among heroin addicts.
Methods:
Three hundred and twelve heroin addicts were tested for serum EBV-VCA-IgA antibody by immunoenzyme technique population, four hundred and twenty one serum specimens from general were selected as control.
Results:
Ninty nine heroin addicts (31.51%) were found to be EBV positive. Three people from control group (0.7%) were found to be EBV positive. EBV prevalence rates were significantly different among heroin addict groups according to a group (P = 0.05), duration of addiction. However the dose and sex difference of heroin addicts was not associated with EBV infection rate.
Conclusion:
The high infection rate of EBV in heroin addicts might be connected with different kinds of factors, hence worthy of supervising the subclinical EBV infection of heroin addicts.