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Table 1 Demographics and co-infections at baseline

From: Genital Epstein Barr Virus is associated with higher prevalence and persistence of anal human papillomavirus in HIV-infected men on antiretroviral therapy

Characteristics

  

MSM, n (%)

 

131 (100)

Age (years), median (IQR)

 

47 (39–52)

Race, n (%)

White

84 (64.1)

 

Black

41 (31.3)

 

Other

6 (4.6)

Hispanic Ethnicity, (n, %)

 

43 (32.8)

HIV RNA <50 copies/ml, n (%)

 

110 (84.0)

≥90 % ART adherence past 4 weeks, n (%)

 

115 (87.8)

CD4+ T-cell counts/μL, median (IQR)

 

604 (414–761)

Unprotected anal sex acts past 4 weeks, median (IQR)

 

0 (0–2)

Any drug use, n (%)

 

46 (35.9)

Median Number Male Sexual Partners past 4 weeks, median (IQR)

 

3 (1–6)

High Risk HPV mRNA at baseline, n (%)

Semen (n = 98)

 

7 (7.1)

Anal (n = 120)

 

54 (45.0)

Throat (n = 127)

 

5 (3.9)

Herpeviruses Shedding, n (%)

  

Any detectable HHV DNA

 

83 (63.7)

Any detectable HSV (1 or 2) DNA

 

3 (2.3)

Any detectable CMV DNA

 

69 (52.7)

Any detectable EBV DNA

 

36 (27.5)

Any detectable HHV-6 DNA

 

9 (6.9)

Any detectable HHV-7 DNA

 

10 (8.8)

Any detectable HHV-8 DNA

 

3 (2.3)

  1. Legend: n (%) number (percentage) of participants, MSM men who have sex with men, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, ART antiretroviral therapy, IQR interquartile range, HHV Human Herpesviruses, CMV cytomegalovirus, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, HSV-1 and -2 Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2, HHV-6/-7/-8 human herpes virus type 6/type 7/type 8