title: [Antibodies against HIV-2 (LAV-II) in Africa and West Germany].
abstract: Antibodies against HIV-2 were tested by indirect immunofluorescence in over 2000 sera from Africa and the Federal Republic of Germany. The specificity of the test for HIV-2 was established by absorption of the sera with HIV-1 infected cells. Antibodies against HIV-2 were found in sera from two of 51 Africans who are living in the FRG. In addition, antibodies against HIV-2 were occasionally found in two of 1396 sera from Central Africa and two of 322 from West Africa. Cross-reacting antibodies were found in four of 189 high risk patients from the FRG who had HIV-1 infection, these antibodies no longer being present after absorption. It would therefore seem that HIV-2 infections are still rare among German risk groups.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Büttner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D000350:Africa, Central / Q000208:ethnology; D000354:Africa, Western / Q000208:ethnology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005860:Germany, West; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D012306:Risk; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Antikörper gegen HIV-2 (LAV-II) in Afrika und in der Bundesrepublik.