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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus infection in Bujumbura, Burundi.

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1988;82(6):902-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/89388974
Standaert B; Kocheleff P; Kadende P; Nitunga N; Guerna T; Laroche R; Piot P; Belgian Medical Cooperation Project SIDA au Burundi.

Abstract: In the first seroepidemiological survey in Burundi in 1984, only 59 acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases were recognized. We report here clinical surveillance of AIDS cases in the 4 hospitals in Bujumbura during a 4-month period in 1986. The project was combined with a seroprevalence study of pregnant women in the 6 dispensaries in Bujumbura. 258 AIDS patients were recorded. 16% of the 925 pregnant women were seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The clinical characteristics of 120 adult AIDS patients were similar to those reported in Kinshasa or Kigali. From demographic findings we presume that the major mode of HIV transmission in Bujumbura is by sexual contact. The results of this study formed the starting point of prevention activities against AIDS in Burundi.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/ TRANSMISSION Adolescence Adult Burundi Female Human Male Marriage Pregnancy Sex Factors JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/complications/KWDepidemiology/transmissionadolescenceadultburundifemalehumanmalemarriagepregnancysexfactorsjournalarticle
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