title: HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection associated with AIDS in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
abstract: In September 1987, a seroprevalence study of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection was conducted among 956 people from different groups in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Groups examined were hospitalized patients (Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease Departments, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Treichville, Abidjan), outpatients at tuberculosis treatment centers, blood donors, women attending an antenatal clinic, and patients attending sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics. Total HIV infection prevalence ranged from 10% in STD clinic patients and pregnant women to 45% in hospitalized patients on an infectious diseases service. Within groups, HIV-1 infection was 2-6.5 times more prevalent than infection with HIV-2. One-quarter of HIV-seropositive people were serologically reactive to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot. Clinical conditions previously observed in patients with HIV-1 infection were observed in people infected with HIV-2 only, as well as in those with HIV-1 infection and dual serologic reactivity. An isolate of HIV-2 was obtained on culture from a person with wasting disease and chronic fever. The results of this study suggest that infection with HIV-1 and HIV-2 is epidemic in Côte d'Ivoire, and that HIV-2 may be associated with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Projet RETRO-Cl, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Odehouri
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: De Cock
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rayfield
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: McCormick
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schochetman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bretton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bretton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ouattara
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000354:Africa, Western; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies