title: [Surveillance of HIV seroprevalence in Mauritania].
abstract: The results of our study in four years, blood donors and tuberculosis patients HIV seroprevalence using ELISA for detection HIV1/HIV2 antibodies and Western-blot for confirmation, indicate that seroprevalence in blood donors is 0.28% without a significant increase tendency. Our data show that 88 HIV seropositive confirmed, 70% were HIV1, 25% HIV2 and 5% double reactivity HIV1/HIV2.
authors.affiliation: Banque de Sang du Centre Hospitalier National, Nouakchott, Mauritanie.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baidy Lo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adimorty
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fatimata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amadou
mesh_terms: D001782:Blood Donors; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008435:Mauritania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies
vernacular_title: Surveillance de la séroprévalence du VIH en Mauritanie.