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Table 1 Background characteristics

From: Time trends in herpesvirus seroepidemiology among Swedish adults

 

Females age 30 y

Males age 50 y

Females age 50 y

n

520

186

186

Birth years

1945 – 1988

1937 – 1967

1937 – 1967

Sampling years

1975 – 2018

1987 – 2017

1987 – 2017

Anti-HSV-1 IgG positive n (%)

350 (67.3)

141 (75.8)

137 (73.7)

Anti-HSV-2 IgG positive n (%)

77 (14.8)

22 (11.8)

35 (18.8)

Anti-EBV IgG positive n (%)

507 (97.5)

180 (96.8)

185 (99.5)

Anti-CMV IgG positive n (%)

382 (73.5)

143 (76.9)

153 (82.3)

  1. Abbreviations: n number, y years, HSV-1 Herpes simplex 1, IgG Immunoglobulin G, HSV-2 Herpes simplex 2, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, CMV Cytomegalovirus