Bonnici J F, Babin M, Fleury H J, du Pasquier P, Samb A
Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1985;78(2):157-63.
We have looked for long-term antibodies to Herpesviridae (HSV, VZV, CMV, EBV) in an African population (suburban area of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa) and in a European population (urban area of Bordeaux, France) in order to determine the prevalence of these viruses. The studied sera have been dispatched into 5 age-groups: 6 months to 4 years, 5 years to 9 years, 10 years to 14 years, 15 years to 44 years and greater than 45 years. We note that primary infection with Herpesviridae occurs sooner in life in Africa and that the prevalence rates of these viruses are higher in Africa with the exception of EBV, the prevalence of which is almost identical within the fifth age-group of the African and European populations. The prevalence rates of each individual virus are in agreement with previous studies except for VZV which we describe as the least prevalent virus of the family. The interest of this work is a simultaneous comparison of the prevalence of all viruses of the family Herpesviridae within two different populations.
我们在非洲人群（西非塞内加尔达喀尔郊区）和欧洲人群（法国波尔多市区）中寻找针对疱疹病毒科（单纯疱疹病毒、水痘带状疱疹病毒、巨细胞病毒、EB病毒）的长期抗体，以确定这些病毒的流行率。所研究的血清被分为5个年龄组：6个月至4岁、5岁至9岁、10岁至14岁、15岁至44岁以及45岁以上。我们注意到，非洲人群感染疱疹病毒科的初次感染在生命早期发生，并且除了EB病毒外，这些病毒在非洲的流行率更高，EB病毒在非洲和欧洲人群的第五年龄组中的流行率几乎相同。除了水痘带状疱疹病毒（我们将其描述为该病毒科中最不常见的病毒）外，每种病毒的流行率与先前的研究一致。这项工作的意义在于同时比较两个不同人群中疱疹病毒科所有病毒的流行率。
