Table 2.
Relative HHV-8 infection burden in women of comparable age (25–45 years) in Africa.
| African Region | Percentage of Women Infected with HHV-8 | Percentage of Pregnant Women Infected with HHV-8 of All Women with HHV-8 | Percentage of Non-Pregnant Women Infected with HHV-8 of All Women with HHV-8 | Chi-Square value |
p-Value (Significant at p ≤ 0.05) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern | 28.7 (4196/14,612) | 8.2 (343/4196) | 91.8 (3853/4196) | 155.93 | <0.00001 |
| Central | 6.2 (287/4626) | 27.5 (79/287) | 72.5 (208/287) | 100.00 | <0.00001 |
| West | 1.7 (151/8491) | 61.0 (92/151) | 39.3 (59/151) | 79.20 | 0.00001 |
| East | 26.1 (2280/8729) | 22.2 (501/2280) | 78.0 (1779/2280) | 80.73 | 0.00001 |
| Chi Square value | 41.49 | 72.54 | 41.61 | - | - |
| p-value | <0.00001 | <0.0001 | <0.00001 | - | - |
Data on women described in selected studies were summed up for each region and analysed. The percentages of pregnant and non-pregnant women infected with HHV-8 were calculated based on the total number of women with HHV-8 pooled from the extracted studies in the different African regions. Data from the North Africa region were not sufficient for meaningful comparable analysis and were omitted.