title: HIV infection and leprosy: a four-year survey in Ethiopia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frommel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tekle-Haimanot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verdier
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Negesse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bulto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Denis
mesh_terms: 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