EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF HIV-INFECTION IN NORTHERN ZAIRE

Authors
STRECKER W GURTLER L SCHILLING M BINIBANGILI M STRECKER K
Citation
W. Strecker et al., EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF HIV-INFECTION IN NORTHERN ZAIRE, European journal of epidemiology, 10(1), 1994, pp. 95-98
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
European journal of epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03932990
Volume
10
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
95 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0393-2990(1994)10:1<95:EACMOH>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
1275 patients were evaluated for HIV-1+2 seroprevalence and its associ ation with clinical symptoms of HIV infection. Of 667 apparently healt hy subjects, 8.2% had anti-HIV-1 antibodies. In 465 patients with clin ical signs of AIDS, 39.4% were seropositive. 143 patients with miscell aneous symptoms had positive predictive values for HIV infection betwe en 67% (vaginal ulcerations) and 20% (profound pyogenic abscesses). Th e WHO definition for AIDS had a specificity of 78.3%, a sensitivity of 72.2% and a predictive value of 61.6%.