Increasing probability of mother-to-child transmission of HHV-8 with increasing maternal antibody titer for HHV-8
To the Editor: We reported previously on mother-to-child transmission of human herpesvirus
8 (HHV-8) in South Africa. 1 Stored serum samples obtained from 107 women (60 were
black, 24 white, 5 Asian, and 18 other) and 112 of their children between the ages of 6
months and 14 years (61 girls, 50 boys, and 1 unknown) were tested for HHV-8: 42 percent
(8 of 19) of the children whose mothers were seropositive for HHV-8 were themselves
seropositive, whereas only 1 percent (1 of 93) of the children whose mothers were …
8 (HHV-8) in South Africa. 1 Stored serum samples obtained from 107 women (60 were
black, 24 white, 5 Asian, and 18 other) and 112 of their children between the ages of 6
months and 14 years (61 girls, 50 boys, and 1 unknown) were tested for HHV-8: 42 percent
(8 of 19) of the children whose mothers were seropositive for HHV-8 were themselves
seropositive, whereas only 1 percent (1 of 93) of the children whose mothers were …
To the Editor: We reported previously on mother-to-child transmission of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in South Africa.1 Stored serum samples obtained from 107 women (60 were black, 24 white, 5 Asian, and 18 other) and 112 of their children between the ages of 6 months and 14 years (61 girls, 50 boys, and 1 unknown) were tested for HHV-8: 42 percent (8 of 19) of the children whose mothers were seropositive for HHV-8 were themselves seropositive, whereas only 1 percent (1 of 93) of the children whose mothers were seronegative for HHV-8 were seropositive.1 To assess the effect of maternal . . .
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