Association of HIV infection and Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in Benin.
We investigated the association between Buruli ulcer and HIV by comparing the HIV-1/2 seroprevalence in a series of 426 Buruli ulcer patients and a sample of 613 residents of southern Benin. The overall HIV prevalence was 2.6% (11/426) among patients and 0.3% among controls (2/613), giving an odds ratio for the association between HIV and Buruli ulcer of 8.1 (95% confidence interval = 1.8-75; P = 0.003).
Johnson
Roch C
RC
Buruli ulcer National Control Program Cotonou, Benin, Belgium.
Nackers
Fabienne
F
Glynn
Judith R
JR
de Biurrun Bakedano
Elisa
E
Zinsou
Claude
C
Aguiar
Julia
J
Tonglet
René
R
Portaels
Françoise
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001541:Benin / Q000453:epidemiology; D054312:Buruli Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012306:Risk