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Table 1 Cohort, participant, and shedding characteristics

From: Patterns of human herpesvirus-8 oral shedding among diverse cohorts of human herpesvirus-8 seropositive persons

Participant Location, N (%)a

USA

Peru

Cameroon

Uganda

Kenya

Total

102 (41 %)

7 (3 %)

32 (13 %)

68 (27 %)

39 (16 %)

248 (100 %)

Participant Demographic and Clinical Data:

Male, n (%)

101 (99 %)

7 (100 %)

0 (0 %)

44 (65 %)

0 (0 %)

152 (61 %)

 HIV-infected, n (%)

46 (46 %)

7 (100 %)

32 (100 %)

37 (54 %)

21 (54 %)

143 (58 %)

CD4 countb

 CD4 < 200

9 (20 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

 --

 --

9 (6 %)

 CD4 200–499

17 (37 %)

1 (14 %)

13 (41 %)

 --

 --

31 (22 %)

 CD4 500+

12 (26 %)

0 (0 %)

5 (16 %)

 --

 --

17 (12 %)

 Unknown

8 (17 %)

6 (86 %)

14 (44 %)

37 (100 %)

21 (100 %)

86 (60 %)

HIV-1 RNAb

 <104

12 (26 %)

4 (57 %)

 --

7 (18 %)

 --

23 (16 %)

 ≥104

22 (48 %)

3 (43 %)

 --

25 (68 %)

 --

50 (35 %)

 Unknown

12 (26 %)

0 (0 %)

32 (100 %)

5 (14 %)

21 (100 %)

70 (49 %)

Kaposi sarcoma:

2 (2 %)

0 (0 %)

0 (0 %)

34 (50 %)

0 (0 %)

36 (15 %)

 HIV-associated:

1 (1 %)

 --

 --

19 (28 %)

 --

20 (8 %)

HSV-2 seropositive, n/tested (%)

62/97 (64 %)

7 (100 %)

31 (97 %)

ND

ND

100/135 (74 %)

Cohort Shedding Characteristics:

Sessions,

Number:

152

7

32

68

39

298

Observations per session:

 Median # of days (range)

33 (15–136)

56 (27–57)

19 (14–23)

29 (14–32)

29 (26–29)

30 (14–136)

Overall shedding:

 Positive swabs:

2,213

75

183

389

263

3,123

 Total swabs:

6,660

359

590

1834

1,114

10,557

 Percent positive:

(33 %)

(21 %)

(31 %)

(21 %)

(24 %)

(30 %)

Participant shedding rate per session,

 Median % (IQR)

7 (0, 73)

0 (0, 33)

18 (0, 56)

0 (0, 34)

7 (0, 43)

4 (0, 54)

Persons with any shedding

60 (59 %)

3 (43 %)

21 (66 %)

26 (38 %)

27 (69 %)

137 (55 %)

Quantity, median (IQR) of positive swabs, log10 copies/mL

4.8 (3.9–5.6)

7.4 (5.0–7.8)

3.2 (2.7–3.8)

5.2 (3.9–6.0)

4.4 (3.5–5.5)

4.7 (3.7–5.6)

  1. Abbreviations. US United States, ND Not determined, IQR Interquartile Range, HSV Herpes simplex virus
  2. aPercentages are out of those within the given country
  3. bPercentages for CD4 count and HIV RNA are of HIV-infected participants