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ヘルペス・シンプレックス感染症の流行と相関関係. 多民族の近所における人口ベースのエイズに関する研究
D Siegel1, E Golden, A E Washington
1Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco.
JAMA
|October 7, 1992
まとめ
ヘルペス・シンプレックスウイルス1型 (HSV-1) と2型 (HSV-2) の抗体の発生率は,都市部成人では高い. HSV-1はヒスパニック系に多く見られ,HSV-2は性感染症のリスク行動と相関していた.
科学分野:
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- ヘルペス・シンプレックスウイルス1型 (HSV-1) と2型 (HSV-2) は,一般的なウイルス感染症です.
- 多様な都市人口におけるその流行と相関性を理解することは,公衆衛生戦略にとって極めて重要です.
- 以前の研究は,人口統計学的に多様な市街地コミュニティを完全に反映していない可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 市内コミュニティの未婚成人の代表的なサンプルでHSV-1およびHSV-2抗体の有病率を決定する.
- HSV-1およびHSV-2感染症に関連する人口統計および行動相関を特定する.
- 顔や生殖器ヘルペスの自己報告歴の精度を,血清学的発見と比較して評価する.
主な方法:
- 横断的な,コミュニティベースの,ランダムな世帯調査がサンフランシスコで実施されました.
- 20歳から44歳までの1770人の独身男女が1988年から1989年の間に調査されました.
- HSV-1およびHSV-2のタイプ固有の抗体は,gG-1およびgG-2のグリコプロテインを用いた免疫ドット測定法を使用して検出されました.
主要な成果:
- HSV-1に対する抗体は参加者の62%で,HSV-2に対する抗体は参加者の33%で発見された.
- HSV-1抗体は,高齢,低教育,黒人またはヒスパニック人種と相関していた.
- HSV-2抗体は,女性の性別,性パートナーの数,年齢,教育程度,黒人またはヒスパニック人種と関連していました.
結論:
- シングルで暮らす都市部の成人の3分の2近くがHSV-1抗体を持ち,特に米国で生まれていないヒスパニック系の人々でした.
- 人口の3分の1がHSV-2抗体を持ち,性感染症のリスク行動と関連していた.
- 顔と生殖器ヘルペス感染症の自己報告は,HSV-1とHSV-2を診断するための感度が低く,特異性が中等であることが示されました.
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