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Prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 infection in people living with HIV/AIDS in Pernambuco, Brazil

This cross‐sectional study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence and risk factors for Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV‐8) infection among people living with HIV/AIDS in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A total of 500 individuals were tested for antibodies against HHV‐8 using the whole‐virus ELISA. The prevalence of anti‐HHV‐8 was 28.6% and the frequency among 140 men who have sex with men (MSM) was 38.6%. In the univariate model, there were significant associations with male gender, detectable HIV load, travel abroad, bissexual, and homossexual orientation. The first HHV‐8 seroepidemiologic study, in northeast Brazil, documents a highly prevalent HHV‐8 infection among MSM living with HIV/AIDS. J. Med. Virol. 88:2016–2020, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.