Using blood donors and solid organ transplant donors and recipients to estimate the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus and Epstein–Barr virus in Canada: A cross-sectional study

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Curtis Mabilangan ◽  
Catherine Burton ◽  
Sheila O’Brien ◽  
Sabrina Plitt ◽  
Dean Eurich ◽  
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pp. 427-429 ◽  
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Corinne Amiel ◽  
Jérôme LeGoff ◽  
François Xavier Lescure ◽  
Marianne Coste-Burel ◽  
Claire Deback ◽  
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Humberto Jácome-Santos ◽  
Naira da Silva e Silva ◽  
Renata Gonçalves Resende ◽  
Helder Henrique Costa Pinheiro ◽  
Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 219 (3) ◽  
pp. 400-409 ◽  
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Yong-Qiao He ◽  
Xiao-Yu Liao ◽  
Wen-Qiong Xue ◽  
Ya-Fei Xu ◽  
Feng-Hua Xu ◽  
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Abstract Background Oral Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) status reflects host EBV activity and potentially links to EBV-associated diseases, however, factors influencing oral EBV loads or reactivation, such as environmental exposures or host factors, are not fully understood. Methods A 2-stage, multicenter, cross-sectional study of 6558 subjects from 21 administrative cities of southern China and 3 populations from representative geographical areas in China (referred to as the south, north, and northeastern populations) was performed. The relationships between demographical factors and environmental exposures to EBV loads were analyzed by logistic regression models. Results Current smoking, with a dose-response effect, was found to be strongly associated with higher oral EBV loads in the pooled data, with an odds ratio of 1.58 (95% confidence interval, 1.39–1.79), as well as in each of the separate populations. The odds ratio increased to 3.06 when current smokers in southern China were compared to never smokers in northern China. Additionally, higher oral EBV loads tended to be detected in older participants, male participants, and participants in southern China. Conclusions This study provided evidence linking the effect of host-environmental factors, particularly smoking, to oral EBV activity. It could strengthen our understanding of the possible causal roles of EBV-related diseases, which may help to prevent or mitigate EBV-associated diseases.


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Aimal Khan ◽  
Thaer Obaid ◽  
Lawrence Cetrulo ◽  
Luanne Force ◽  
Roshmi Bhattacharya ◽  
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