Table 1.
Herpes Virus Type | Disease in Humans | Controls (N = 2,039,466) |
Cases (N = 203,947) |
---|---|---|---|
HHV-1/HHV-2 | Oral/genital herpes | 1,018,000 (49.9%) | 101,800 (49.9%) |
HHV-3 | Varicella/herpes zoster | 869,906 (42.7%) | 86,991 (42.7%) |
HHV-4/HHV-5 | Infectious mononucleosis | 146,030 (7.2%) | 14,603 (7.2%) |
HHV-6 | Roseola infantum | 5390 (0.3%) | 539 (0.3%) |
HHV-8 | Kaposi’s sarcoma | 140 (0.007%) | 14 (0.007%) |
HHV: Herpesviruses.