title: [Clinical and biological consequences of human immunodeficiency virus (LAV) infection in 15 Congolese subjects].
abstract: We report 15 cases of symptomatic HIV infection seen in Paris between June 1983 and June 1985 in Congolese patients. The first signs were diarrhea, weight loss, fever, pruritus. Disseminated lymphadenopathy was frequent. Twelve patients had AIDS, and the opportunistic infections were: isosporosis, oesophageal candidiasis, cerebral toxoplasmosis, Kaposi's sarcoma, CNS' cryptococcosis, cutaneo-mucosal.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003223:Congo; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Conséquences cliniques et biologiques de l'infection à human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) chez 15 sujets congolais.