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Salyards M, Nijhawan AE, Kuo J, Knights SM, Lazarte S, Labo N, Miley W, Whitby D, Hwang LY, Kornberg AW, Fujimoto K, Chiao EY. Prevalence, Incidence, and Predictors of Kaposi Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus Infection Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States. J Infect Dis 2023:jiad384. [PMID: 37711067 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality in populations at risk in the southern US. Utilizing biospecimens from the Houston site of the Young Men's Affiliate Project, 351 men who have sex with men had blood tested for Kaposi Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) IgG. Measuring seroprevalence, seroconversion between timepoints, and demographic and clinical correlates, KSHV prevalence was 36.7% and incidence was 8.9 per 100 person-years, prevalence and incidence were higher among Black individuals, people living with HIV, and those with a history of syphilis. Further research on KSHV risk may improve health disparities in KS diagnosis and outcomes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maverick Salyards
- Institute of Behavioral Research, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
- Parkland Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
- Parkland Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
- Parkland Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
| | - Denise Whitby
- Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Leidos Biomedical Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Center for Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Elizabeth Y Chiao
- Department of Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Prevention, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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