title: Risk of tuberculosis in patients with HIV-I and HIV-II infections in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between HIV-II infection and tuberculosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional study comparing the prevalence of HIV-I and HIV-II infections in patients with tuberculosis and in blood donors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Abidjan, Ivory Coast, west Africa.
  
  
  METHODS
  2043 consecutive ambulant patients with tuberculosis (confirmed pulmonary, presumed pulmonary, or extrapulmonary) and 2127 volunteer blood donors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prevalence of HIV-I and HIV-II infections as assessed by presence of serum antibodies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall rates of HIV infection were 40.2% in patients with tuberculosis (26.4% positive for HIV-I, 4.7% for HIV-II, and 9.0% for both); and 10.4% in blood donors (7.2% positive for HIV-I, 1.9% for HIV-II, and 1.3% for both). HIV-II infection was significantly more common in patients with all types of tuberculosis than in blood donors (97/2043, 4.7% v 40/2127, 1.9%; odds ratio 3.8%, 95% confidence interval 2.6 to 5.6).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both HIV-I and HIV-II infections are associated with tuberculosis in Abidjan. 35% of adult tuberculosis in Abidjan is attributable to HIV infection and 4% specifically to HIV-II.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV and AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: De Cock
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gnaore
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adjorlolo
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lafontaine
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yesso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bretton
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Gershy-Damet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bretton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015497:HIV-1; D015498:HIV-2; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications