Table 3.
Relative HHV-8 infection burden in rural and urban populations in Africa.
| African Region | Percentage of HHV-8 Seropositivity in the Rural Setting | Percentage of HHV-8 Seropositivity in the Urban Setting | Chi-Square Value |
p-Value (Significant at p ≤ 0.05) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern | 5.4 (207/3781) | 3.3 (191/5710) | 764.03 | 0.00001 |
| Central | 20.0 (516/2579) | No data | Not done | Not done |
| West | 31.8 (77/242) | 42.0 (26/62) | 2.4462 | 0.119 |
| East | 29.0 (829/2409) | 42.5 (450/1060) | 84.52 | 0.0 |
| Chi Square value | 52.30 | 50.21 | Not done | Not done |
| p-value | <0.00001 | <0.0001 | Not done | Not done |
Data on the rural and urban populations described in the selected studies were summed up for each region and analysed. Data from the North African region were not sufficient for meaningful comparable analysis and were omitted.