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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
EVALUATION OF A CLINICAL CASE-DEFINITION OF ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN AFRICA
The Lancet, Volume 329, No. 8531, Year 1987
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Description
A provisional clinical case-definition for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for use in Africa was tested on 174 inpatients at Mama Yemo Hospital, Kinshasa, Zaire. In this hospital population with a 34% infection rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the clinical case-definition had a specificity of 90%, a sensitivity of 59%, and a predictive value of 74% for HIV seropositivity. These results support the use of the WHO clinical definition for AIDS in Africa. However, since HIV prevalence and disease expression vary, similar evaluations should be carried out in different regions. © 1987.
Authors & Co-Authors
Colebunders, Robert Leon
Zaire
Projet Sida
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Francis, Henry L.
Zaire
Projet Sida
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Izaley, L.
Zaire
Projet Sida
Kabasele, Kanyinda
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Nzilambi, Nzila E.
Zaire
Projet Sida
van der Groen, Guido S.R.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Vercauteren, Gaby H.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Mann, Jonathan M.
Zaire
Projet Sida
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Bila, Kapita
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Kakonde, Ndangi
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Ifoto, Limbaka
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Mama Yemo Hospital
Quinn, Thomas Charles
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Curran, James W.
United States, Atlanta
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Piot, Peter K.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Statistics
Citations: 104
Authors: 14
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(87)92099-X
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study