High prevalence of #HHV8 infection among MSM on HIV PrEP in this popn

Risk factors a/w baseline HHV8 positivity
👉 older age
👉 higher # of sexual partners
👉 chemsex
👉 HSV2 seropositivity

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad502/7250720

Cien participantes fueron seropositivos (Prevalencia del 24%)
y 18/329 seroconvertieron durante el estudio (tasa de incidencia de 2,66 por 100 persona-años.

Prevalence, Risk factors, and Shedding of Human Herpes Virus-8 among Men Having Sex With Men Enrolled in a Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Study

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciad502/7250720?rss=1&login=true

#PreP #Kaposi #HHV8