ANTIBODY TO HIV-1, HTLV-I, AND HCV IN THREE POPULATIONS OF RURAL HAITIANS
| Autor: | Mark H. Einstein, John Geisler, Barbara Hodges, William Hodges, Jean-Pierre Allain, Stephen R. Delaney, Catherine Neilly, Helen H. Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Tuberculosis business.industry Population virus diseases medicine.disease Diarrhea Infectious Diseases Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Internal medicine Epidemiology Immunology medicine Seroprevalence Pharmacology (medical) Viral disease medicine.symptom education business Wasting |
| Zdroj: | JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 5:1230 |
| ISSN: | 1525-4135 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00126334-199212000-00007 |
| Popis: | The seroprevalence of antibodies to HIV-1, HTLV-I, and HCV was evaluated in three populations from northern rural Haiti: 1,727 patients attending the hospital for symptoms suggestive of HIV disease, 228 consecutive surgical patients, and 500 pregnant women were tested. HIV-1 seroprevalence was 6.1 and 4.0% in the last two groups, respectively, and 39.3% in the symptomatic population. Associated symptoms of wasting, cough, and diarrhea and a clinical diagnosis of AIDS were significantly predictive of HIV-1 seropositivity. Antibody to HTLV-I seroprevalence ranged from 2.2-5.3% in pregnant women, surgical patients, and HIV-seronegative symptomatic patients and was similar among the three groups when stratified by age. In contrast, HIV-1 seropositivity and HTLV-I seropositivity were significantly associated. The prevalence of confirmed antibody to HCV was low and not associated with either HIV-1 or HTLV-I seropositivity. |
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