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Hepatitis E prevalence in a sexual high-risk population compared to the general population.
In: PLoS ONE, Jg. 13 (2018-01-25), Heft 1, S. 1-9
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Transmission routes of the hepatitis E virus (HEV) are under debate. Here, we studied possible sexual transmission by comparing HEV prevalence in a Dutch sexual high-risk population (n = 1,482) with that in a general population (n = 1,487) while assessing sociodemographic and sexual risk factors. Overall prevalence of anti-HEV IgG of 18.9% (n = 562) was, adjusting for confounders, similar between the two populations (p = 0.44). Prevalence was higher with each year’s increase in age (adjusted OR: 1.03, 95%CI: 1.02–1.04, p<0.01), among men (adjusted OR: 1.24, 95%CI: 1.02–1.50, p = 0.03) and among individuals diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (adjusted OR: 1.60, 95%CI: 1.02–2.49, p = 0.04). Our results only hint at the possibility of a sexual transmission route for HEV given higher rates in those with chlamydia and/or gonorrheal infections. Sexual transmission is not a dominant transmission route, as its prevalence was not higher for the sexual high-risk population than for the general population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Hepatitis E prevalence in a sexual high-risk population compared to the general population.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Heil, Jeanne ; Hoebe, Christian J. P. A. ; Loo, Inge H. M. van ; Cals, Jochen W. L. ; van Liere, Geneviève A. F. S. ; Dukers-Muijrers, Nicole H. T. M. |
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Zeitschrift: | PLoS ONE, Jg. 13 (2018-01-25), Heft 1, S. 1-9 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2018 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0191798 |
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