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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Potential for HIV transmission through unsafe injections
AIDS, Volume 20, No. 7, Year 2006
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Description
We tested for HIV in discarded needles and syringe washes from 191 HIV-infected patients receiving injections in rural Cameroon. HIV-1 RNA was amplified from 34 of 103 intravenous injection syringes and two of 88 intramuscular injection syringes. All 36 strains were HIV-1 group M. The majority belonged to the circulating recombinant form CRF02 (IbNg). Our data support a role for unsafe injections in the spread of HIV-1 in Africa, in contrast to recent studies. Copyright © Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Apétrei, C.
United States, Covington
Tulane National Primate Research Center
United States, New Orleans
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Becker, Joseph U.
United States, Covington
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Metzger, Michael J.
United States, Covington
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Gautam, Rajeev
United States, Covington
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Engle, John
United States, Covington
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Wales, Anne Katherine
United States, Covington
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Eyong, Mathias Esum
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Enyong, Peter Ayuk I.
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Sama, Martyn T.
Cameroon
Medical Research Station
Foley, Brian Thomas
United States, Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Drucker, Ernest M.
United States, Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Marx, Preston A.
United States, Covington
Tulane National Primate Research Center
United States, New Orleans
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 30
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/01.aids.0000222085.21540.8a
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Cameroon