title: [Sero-epidemiologic study of several sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV infection) in a rural zone of the Central African Republic].
abstract: A study of several sexually transmitted diseases (STD) (HIV1, HIV2, hepatitis B and syphilis) was performed among high school students and hospitalized patients in Bozoum, a rural town in the Central African Republic (CAR). The rate of injection for each disease (HBs + : 20.9%, TPHA + : 13.5%, HIV1: 7.3% and HIV2 + : 0%) are similar to the figures obtained in Bangui. The STD's, such as syphilis and hepatitis B, as well as HIV infection, are well established among the population studied. HIV infection in the CAR is no longer limited to Bangui but has filtered out to certain rural centers.
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur de Bangui, République centrafricaine.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bélec
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gresenguet
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Georges-Courbot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villon
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Georges
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002488:Central African Republic; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
vernacular_title: Etude séro-épidémiologique de quelques maladies sexuellement transmissibles (incluant l'infection HIV) en zone rurale de Centrafrique.