title: Seroprevalence of other antibodies (herpes, CMV, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, chlamydia, mumps, toxoplasmosis) in HIV-positive patients.
abstract: We attempted to determine the seropositivity of HIV-positive patients to other antibodies (herpes, CMV, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, chlamydia, mumps, toxoplasmosis). The study was carried out at the Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy Centre of a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 70 patients (50 females and 20 males) attending the centre between June 1997 and December 2005 who were screened and found to be HIV-seropositive were further screened for herpes simplex IgG/IgM, CMV IgG/IgM, rubella IgG/IgM, varicella IgG/IgM, mumps IgG/IgM, toxoplasmosis IgG/IgM, chlamydia IgG/IgM, hepatitis B and hepatitis C IgG/IgM using ELISA kits and syphilis (THPA) using the HAE method. Our study showed that a large number of HIV-positive patients are carriers of other antibodies and should be screened for them before therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Surulere/Lagos, Nigeria. prenataldiagnosiscentre@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Ajayi
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Omilabu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alamu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Balogun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badaru
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000914:Antibodies, Viral