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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Hiv-1 and hiv-2 seroprevalence rates in mother-child pairs living in the gambia (West africa)
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Volume 5, No. 1, Year 1992
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Summary: A seroepidemiological study was conducted, during 1988 and 1989, of mother-child pairs living in The Gambia (West Africa) in order to determine the distribution of the human immunodeficiency viruses type 1 (HIV-1) and type 2 (HIV-2). Specimens were obtained from 931 children (age range, 14–17 months) and 923 mothers (age range, 14–47 years) using village-based cluster samples; the children are participating in The Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study (GHIS), a large-scale HBV vaccination program. Large numbers of indeterminate Western blot patterns were observed among the mothers, mainly for HIV-1 antibodies; HIV-1 infected subjects were not found, whereas an HIV-2 seroprevalence rate of 0.75% was observed. The children born to the seven HIV-2 positive women were seronegative for HIV-2 antibodies, and none of the children showed HIV-2 or HIV-1 seropostitivity. © 1992 Raven Press, New York.
Authors & Co-Authors
Del Mistro, Annarosa
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Chotard, Jacques
Gambia, Banjul
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Hall, Andrew J.
Gambia, Banjul
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Whittle, Hilton C.
Gambia, Banjul
Medical Research Council Laboratories Gambia
De Rossi, Anita
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Chieco-Bianchi, Luigi
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
ISSN:
15254135
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Gambia
Participants Gender
Female