title: [Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 infection in Western Africans living in Catalonia].
abstract: We have studied retrospectively the presence of serologic markers of type 1 and type 2 human immunodeficiency virus infection in 102 subjects coming from West Africa and living in Catalonia. We have proven the presence of specific antibodies to type 2 human immunodeficiency virus in three asymptomatic subjects among whose epidemiologic antecedents the unique risk factor was heterosexual promiscuity. These three subjects are the first seropositive to type 2 human immunodeficiency virus reported in our country. In none of the studied cases serologic markers of type 1 human immunodeficiency virus infection were detected.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muga
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ribera
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Balanzó
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foz
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000354:Africa, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies
vernacular_title: Infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana tipo 2 en africanos occidentales residentes en Catalunya.