Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) antibody changes over time in a general population cohort in rural Uganda, 1992–2008
Katherine R. Sabourin,
Joseph Mugisha,
Gershim Asiki
et al.
Abstract:Background
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection is ubiquitous and in sub-Saharan Africa, occurs early in life. In a population-based rural African cohort, we leveraged historical samples from the General Population Cohort (GPC) in Uganda to examine the epidemiology of infection with EBV over time, in the era of HIV.
Methods
We used 9024 serum samples collected from the GPC in 1992, 2000, 2008, from 7576 participants across the age range (0–99 years o… Show more
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