title: HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies in pregnant women in the City of Maputo, Mozambique. A comparative study between 1982/1983 and 1990.
abstract: The seroprevalence of HIV-1 and HIV-2 among pregnant women in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, was compared between the years 1982/83, 1988 and 1990. None of the 432 serum samples collected in 1982/83 was positive for HIV antibodies whereas in 1988 the HIV-1 and HIV-2 seroprevalence was 0.4% (2/500) and 0.6% (3/500), respectively, and in 1990 0.6% (12/2014) and 0.2% (4/2014), respectively. These results indicate that HIV infection has been introduced recently in Maputo and is spreading at a slow rate among women.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo, Mozambique.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barreto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liljestrand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Palha de Sousa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergström
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Böttiger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biberfeld
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De la Cruz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009073:Mozambique / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies