HIV infection and leprosy: a four-year survey in Ethiopia.
Between 1988 and 1992 three cross-sectional surveys for antibodies to HIV were done in 644 Ethiopian patients with histologically proven leprosy. Whereas the frequency of HIV-1 infection gradually increased from 3.2% to 6.5%, the clinical presentation, number of new patients, and frequency of relapse did not differ between HIV negative and positive patients. Thus HIV appears unlikely to have a significant impact on the incidence of leprosy in sub-Sahelian populations.
Frommel
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D
Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tekle-Haimanot
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R
Verdier
M
M
Negesse
Y
Y
Bulto
T
T
Denis
F
F
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity