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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN RWANDA
The Lancet, Volume 324, No. 8394, Year 1984
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To evaluate acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in central Africa a prospective study was done in Kigali, Rwanda, where Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is endemic. During a 4 week period, 26 patients (17 males and 9 females) were diagnosed. 16 patients had opportunistic infections, associated with KS in only 2; 1 had multifocal KS alone; and 9 had clinical conditions consistent with prodromes of AIDS. All patients had severe T-cell defects characterised by cutaneous anergy, a striking decrease in the number of helper T cells, and a decreased OKT4:OKT8 ratio (mean 0·27). 21 of the 22 adult patients were living in urban centres and many of them were in the middle to upper income bracket. Most of the men were promiscuous heterosexuals and 43% of the females were prostitutes. No patient had a history of homosexuality, intravenous drug abuse, or transfusion in the previous 5 years. This study suggests that AIDS is present in central Africa as an entity probably unrelated to the well-known endemic African KS. An association of an urban environment, a relatively high income, and heterosexual promiscuity could be a risk factor for AIDS in Africa. © 1984.
Authors & Co-Authors
van de Perre, Philippe
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Lepage, Philippe
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Kestelyn, Philippe G.
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Hekker, Anton C.
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Rouvroy, Dominique
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Bogaerts, Joseph B.
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Kayihigi, Joseph
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Butzler, Jean Paul
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Clumeck, Nathan N.
Belgium, Brussels
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre, Brussels
Rwanda, Kigali
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
Netherlands
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene Bilthoven
Statistics
Citations: 320
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(84)90240-X
ISSN:
01406736
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Rwanda
Participants Gender
Male
Female