Longstanding presence of HIV-2 infection in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa).

Abstract:

:We have retrospectively studied the seroprevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Guinea-Bissau in a sample of sera collected from the whole country in 1980. We tested a total of 1248 individuals and found 11 individuals who were seropositive for HIV-2 but there were no HIV-1 seropositive samples. The mean age of the HIV-2 seropositive people was significantly higher than the age of the seronegative individuals. In the different areas surveyed, the HIV-2 seroprevalence ranged from 0 to 2.5%. A central region of the country, grossly centred in the capital city of Bissau, presented the highest prevalence of HIV-2 seropositivity (>2%), which contrasts with its virtual absence from the more remote rural areas located near the borders with the neighbouring countries. The overall seroprevalence found for HIV-2 in this study is 0.9% (1.8%, when considering the adult seroprevalence only), which proves that the virus was definitely circulating in Guinea-Bissau at the beginning of the 1980s.

journal_name

Acta Trop

journal_title

Acta tropica

authors

Piedade J,Venenno T,Prieto E,Albuquerque R,Esteves A,Parreira R,Canas-Ferreira WF

doi

10.1016/s0001-706x(00)00096-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-09-18 00:00:00

pages

119-24

issue

2

eissn

0001-706X

issn

1873-6254

pii

S0001-706X(00)00096-6

journal_volume

76

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