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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Retrospective seroepidemiology of aids virus infection in nairobi populations
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 155, No. 6, Year 1987
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Description
Among 446 sera from prostitutes in Nairobi, the prevalence of antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) rose from 4% in 1981 to 61% in 1985. None of 118 men with chancroid seen in 1980 had antibody to HIV compared with 15% of 107 such men in 1985. Among pregnant women, 2.0% were seropositive in 1985 versus none of 111 in 1981. Seropositive prostitutes and women with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) tended to have more sex partners and had a higher prevalence of gonorrhoea, and in women with STDs, significantly more seropositive women practiced prostitution. Pregnant women and men with STDs who were born in the most-western region of Kenya were more likely to have antibody to HIV than were such groups from other geographic areas. Our results indicate that the AIDS virus was recently introduced into Kenya, that HIV can rapidly disseminate in a high-risk group of heterosexuals, and that prostitutes may have significantly contributed to the spread of the virus. © 1987 by The University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
Piot, Peter K.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Plummer, Francis Allan
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Rey, Marie Anne
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Ngugi, Elizabeth N.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Rouzioux, Christine
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Ndinya-Achola, Jeckoniah O.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Veracauteren, Gaby
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
D’costa, Lourdes J.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Laga, Marie W.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Nsanze, Herbert N.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Fransen, Lieve
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Haase, David A.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
van der Groen, Guido S.R.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Brunham, Robert C.
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Brun-Vézinet, Françoise
Belgium, Antwerpen
Prins Leopold Instituut Voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Kenya, Nairobi
Ministry of Health Nairobi
Canada, Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
France, Paris
Laboratoire de Virologie
Statistics
Citations: 178
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/155.6.1108
ISSN:
00221899
e-ISSN:
15376613
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Kenya
Participants Gender
Male
Female