ABSTRACT
Dans ce travail; 2350 demandes de confirmation serologique des suspicions cliniques d'infection a VIH a Niamey sont examinees. 430 malades suspects sont seropositifs; soit une prevalence globale de 18;29 pour cent. Il n'y a pas de difference significative par rapport au sexe. Dans plus de 76 pour cent des cas; ces seropositifs avaient entre 16 et 45 ans. Le profil VIH-1 predomine avec une frequence de 67;21 pour cent; viennent ensuite le double profil VIH-1 + VIH-2 avec 21;63 pour cent et le profil VIH-2 avec 11;16 pour cent. Les quatre premiers motifs cliniques de suspicion sont la diarrhee chronique; l'amaigrissement important; la fievre au long cours et les infections pulmonaires
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AIDS Serodiagnosis , HIV Infections/diagnosis , HIV SeropositivityABSTRACT
For 25,368 serologies examined in the biological laboratory of National Hospital of Niamey, Niger, from March 1987 to May 1990, the authors studied seroprevalence HIV1, HIV2 and HIV1 + HIV2 during this periode in the different groups studied: Blood donors, in women patients of child bearing age, pregnant women, prostitutes, prisoners and during systematic visits. It appears there is a tendancy of an increase in HIV1, a decrease in HIV2 and relative stability for the two profiles together.
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HIV Antibodies/blood , HIV Infections/epidemiology , HIV Seroprevalence/trends , HIV-1/immunology , HIV-2/immunology , Blood Donors , Female , Humans , Male , Niger/epidemiology , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology , Prisoners , Retrospective Studies , Sex WorkABSTRACT
A total of 345 serum samples from pregnant Nigerian women were tested for the presence of anti-rubella antibodies. A technique of inhibition of haemagglutination was used and 40 or more was considered as a positive titer. Rubella antibodies were found in 244 (70.7%) of the samples. These results are quite similar to those from other west African surveys.
