Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Malaria in a Representative Sample of Childbearing Women in Kigali, Rwanda
| Autor: | S. Allen, P. Van de perre, A. Serufilira, P. Lepage, M. Carael, A. DeClercq, J. Tice, D. Black, F. Nsengumuremyi, J. Ziegler, J. Levy, S. Hulley |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
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Rural Population Sexual partner medicine.medical_specialty Sexual transmission Blood transfusion Urban Population medicine.medical_treatment Plasmodium falciparum Population HIV Infections Parasitemia Prenatal care HIV Antibodies Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Pregnancy Prevalence medicine Animals Humans Immunology and Allergy Blood Transfusion Marriage Pregnancy Complications Infectious education education.field_of_study business.industry Obstetrics Age Factors Rwanda medicine.disease Single Parent Malaria Infectious Diseases Immunology Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infectious Diseases. 164:67-71 |
| ISSN: | 1537-6613 0022-1899 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/infdis/164.1.67 |
| Popis: | In 1986-1987 researchers tested sera from 3702 year old women attending either the prenatal care or pediatric clinics at Centre Hospitalier de Kigali in Rwanda (the only hospital) for HIV infection and malaria parasites. 90% lived with a sexual partner. Overall HIV seroprevalence was 29%. Malaria parasites were present in 9% of all women. Malaria parasitemia significantly decreased with age (13% for 18-20 year olds to 7% for 31-35 year olds; [ 30 years old and married to farmers or military men. 40% of the women who had had a blood transfusion were HIV seropositive compared to 28% of those who had never had a blood transfusion (p |
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