title: Pattern of HIV-infection in Hurungwe district, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe.
abstract: After the first case of HIV-infection had been diagnosed in 1986 in a Northern district of Zimbabwe, a local hospital based surveillance system, was introduced. In order to monitor the spread of the epidemic in the district, residence, age, sex and clinical presentation of all newly diagnosed HIV-patients were recorded. After three years, the data were compiled and analysed with the following results. Altogether 887 symptomatic HIV-patients (0.5 pc of the district population) were diagnosed. The most common HIV-associated signs and symptoms were PGL (47 pc), chest infection (29 pc), herpes zoster (24 pc) and chronic STDs (15 pc). The female-to-male ratio in adults was 1.4. The average age on diagnosis in women was 26.0 +/- 6.7 years and in men 30.7 +/- 8.6 years. The three years' cumulative incidence of HIV-cases was 27.2/1,000 in the urban area and 3/1,000 in the rural areas of the district.
authors.affiliation: Academic Unit of Public Health Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Denhe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dhlakama
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mawadza
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McClean
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015497:HIV-1; D006767:Hospitals, District; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology