title: A typhus-like illness caused by acute HIV seroconversion.
abstract: A patient is described in whom an acute human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion illness occurred following a trip to southern Africa. The presentation was strikingly similar to that of African tick typhus and could only be distinguished by serological testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Brook
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mabey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000353:Africa, Southern; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000032:analysis; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014195:Travel; D014438:Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015683:Gene Products, gag; D015488:HIV Antigens; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D014758:Viral Core Proteins