Emerg Infect Dis

eid

Emerging Infectious Diseases

1080-60401080-6059

Centers for Disease Control

11747707

2631887

Research Article

Human herpesvirus-8 and other viral infections, Papua New Guinea.

Rezza

g.rezza@iss.itDanaya

R. T.

Wagner

T. M.

Sarmati

Owen

I. L.

Monini

Andreoni

Suligoi

Ensoli

Pozio

Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Sep-Oct2001

75893895

We studied residents of remote villages and the capital (Port Moresby) of Papua New Guinea to determine the distribution of human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) infection. Our data suggest that HHV-8 has been endemic on the island for a long time and that the epidemiologic pattern of HHV-8 is more similar to that of herpes simplex virus-2 than hepatitis C virus.