The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among pregnant women attending a hospital in the Moungo district, Cameroon.
A seroepidemiological survey conducted from January to May 1986 among 650 pregnant women from mixed rural/urban origin in the Moungo district, Cameroon, revealed a very low prevalence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV). One subject appeared to be infected with HIV 2. This is remarkable since HIV 2 has been isolated predominantly from West-African subjects. Further epidemiological and antropological studies are required to explain the distribution of HIV 1 and HIV 2 throughout the African continent.
Royal Navy of the Netherlands, Amsterdam.
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Kooiman
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002163:Cameroon; D005260:Female; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population