High prevalence of antibodies to Mycoplasma penetrans in human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative and -seropositive populations in Brazzaville, Congo.
In industrialized countries, the prevalence of antibodies to Mycoplasma penetrans is higher among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive homosexuals than other HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative groups. In an African heterosexual population, we found a higher prevalence of M. penetrans antibodies in HIV-seronegative blood donors (15.5%) than in France (0.9%) or the United States (0.3%) and a prevalence of 13.4% in HIV-seropositive individuals. HIV-seropositive individuals with less than 5% CD4 cells had a higher prevalence of M. penetrans antibodies than individuals with 5% or more CD4 cells (25.0 versus 8.5%).
Tuppin
P
P
Unités d'Epidémiologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département SIDA et Rétrovirus, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Delamare
O
O
Launay
V
V
Gueguen
M
M
Samba
M C
MC
Pambou
L
L
Montagnier
L
L
Grau
O
O
D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D003223:Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018661:Mycoplasma penetrans / Q000276:immunology*; D015995:Prevalence
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial