HERPES-ZOSTER AND HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY- VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION IN BRAZZAVILLE - A 269 CASES STUDY

Authors
BIENDO M",OBENGUI,"ONGAGNA VK YALA F
Citation
Vk. Biendo M",obengui,"ongagna et F. Yala, HERPES-ZOSTER AND HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY- VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION IN BRAZZAVILLE - A 269 CASES STUDY, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 23(6-7), 1993, pp. 583-585
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
23
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
583 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1993)23:6-7<583:HAHV(I>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A study of seroprevalence of HIV infection was performed in Brazzavill e among patients hospitalized for shingles in the infectious diseases departments of the University Hospital Center of Brazzaville and Makel ekele Hospital Center (1991-1992). HIV 1 antibodies have been detected in 72,1 % of sera. This result is compared to those of central Africa authors. The seroprevalence rate was 67,4 % in men and 77,4 % in wome n. The most frequent localisations in patients infected with HIV 1 wer e: buttock and thigh (86,6 %, abdominal (84 %) and cervical (81,8 %).