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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Coxiella burnetii infection among subjects infected with HIV type 1 in the Central African Republic
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, No. 10, Year 1993
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Description
Sixty-six sera from HIV-1-seropositive adult African subjects and 49 sera from HIV-seronegative age and sex matched healthy African controls living in Bangui, Central African Republic, were screened for Coxiella burnetii antibody by an indirect immunofluorescent antibody test. 16.7 % of HIV-infected patients and 16.3 % of the HIV-negative controls had positive IgG titres, with no significant difference between the two groups. Two of the seven HIV-infected patients seropositive for Coxiella burnetii for whom clinical data was available had a medical history compatible with symptomatic Q fever. These findings indicate that there is a high degree of exposure to Coxiella burnetii infection in Bangui. In individuals co-infected with HIV and Coxiella burnetii, cellular immunosuppression could favour symptomatic Q fever. Physicians should be aware of the possibility of symptomatic Coxiella burnetii infection among HIV-infected people, particularly in endemic regions for both infections such as in sub-saharan Africa. © 1993 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsesellschaft mbH.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bélec, Laurent
France, Paris
Hopital Broussais
Central African Republic, Bangui
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Grésenguet, Gérard
Central African Republic, Bangui
Institut Pasteur de Bangui
Central African Republic
Centre National de Référence Des Maladies Sexuellement Transmissibles
Ekala, Marie Thérèse
France, Paris
Hopital Broussais
Jacob, A.
France, Paris
Hopital Broussais
Vohito, Michel D.
Central African Republic
Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire
Cotigny, Sylvie
France, Paris
Hopital Broussais
Payan, Christopher
France, Paris
Hopital Broussais
Statistics
Citations: 12
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/BF02098468
ISSN:
09349723
e-ISSN:
14354373
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Central African Republic