Diamond C, Huang M L, Kedes D H, Speck C, Rankin G W, Ganem D, Coombs R W, Rose T M, Krieger J N, Corey L
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
J Infect Dis. 1997 Sep;176(3):775-7. doi: 10.1086/517299.
The prevalence of human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)/Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-associated herpesvirus was investigated in the semen of 99 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected men (median CD4 cell count, 357/mm3) by use of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay capable of detecting <10 copies of HHV-8 DNA. Of the subjects, 95 (96%) self-identified as men who have sex with men (MSM), and 3 had a history of clinical KS. Seminal cell specimens were negative for HHV-8 in 98 subjects. None of the 26 without KS (27.1% of 96 tested) who were seropositive for HHV-8 by IFA for latency-associated nuclear antigens had HHV-8 detected in their semen. The only subject with any evidence for seminal HHV-8 DNA was seropositive for HHV-8 and had active KS. HHV-8 was detected in 10 (10.4%) of 96 peripheral blood mononuclear cell specimens. The prevalence of HHV-8 DNA by PCR in semen of HIV-infected MSM without KS is low.
通过使用一种能够检测出少于10份人疱疹病毒8型(HHV-8)/卡波西肉瘤(KS)相关疱疹病毒DNA拷贝的聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测法,对99名感染人类免疫缺陷病毒(HIV)的男性(CD4细胞计数中位数为357/mm³)精液中的HHV-8流行情况进行了调查。在这些受试者中,95名(96%)自认为是男男性行为者(MSM),其中3人有临床KS病史。98名受试者的精细胞标本HHV-8检测呈阴性。通过间接荧光抗体法(IFA)检测潜伏相关核抗原呈HHV-8血清阳性的26名无KS者(占96名检测者的27.1%),其精液中均未检测到HHV-8。唯一有精液HHV-8 DNA证据的受试者HHV-8血清呈阳性且患有活动性KS。在96份外周血单核细胞标本中,有10份(10.4%)检测到HHV-8。在未患KS的HIV感染MSM的精液中,通过PCR检测到HHV-8 DNA的流行率较低。