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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN A HETEROSEXUAL POPULATION IN ZAIRE
The Lancet, Volume 324, No. 8394, Year 1984
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38 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were identified in Kinshasa, Zaire, during a 3 week period in 1983. The male to female ratio was 1·1:1. The annual case rate for Kinshasa was estimated to be at least 17 per 100 000. Opportunistic infections were diagnosed in 32 (84%) patients, disseminated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) with opportunistic infection in 5 (13%), and disseminated KS alone in 1 patient. Immunological characteristics of these patients were as reported for cases in the USA and Europe, but immunological abnormalities were also found in 6 controls with infectious diseases but no symptoms of AIDS. Female AIDS cases were younger than male patients with AIDS (mean ages 28·4 vs 41·1 years, respectively), and were more often single (14/18 vs 2/20). Homosexuality, intravenous drug abuse, and blood transfusion did not appear to be risk factors in these patients. The findings of this study strongly argue that the situation in central Africa represents a new epidemiological setting for this worldwide disease-that of significant transmission in a large heterosexual population. Two instances of clusters of AIDS (not included in the above series) involving males and females with frequent heterosexual contact further implicate heterosexual transmission. © 1984.
Authors & Co-Authors
Piot, Peter K.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Taelman, Henri
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Bila Minlangu, Kapita
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Mbendi, N.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Ndangi, K.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Kalambayi, Kayembe
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Bridts, C. H.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Quinn, Thomas Charles
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Feinsod, Fred M.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Wobin, Odio
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Mazebo, P.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Stevens, Willem J.M.K.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Mitchell, Sheila W.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
McCormick, Joseph B.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Universite de Kinshasa
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Statistics
Citations: 482
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(84)90241-1
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female