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[Differences in the susceptibility to HIV infection in children as a function of sex and ethnicity]

Rev Roum Virol. 1991 Jan-Jun;42(1-2):23-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92162624
Cernescu C; Cernescu S; Institut de Virologie Stefan S. Nicolau, Bucarest, Roumanie.

Abstract: The study was conducted on 114 children (87 Romanians and 27 Turks) from an orphanage in Romania, where an AIDS outbreak was recorded due to parenteral contamination through blood transfusion or injection. The average age of the 53.5% seropositive children was of 27.63 +/- 7.88 months, versus 37.03 +/- 10.01 months in seronegative ones. The seropositivity rate was higher in Romanian children and among girls. The antibody profile in Western Blot showed that gag and pol genes specified stripes were less frequent in Turkish children.
Keywords: Age Factors Blotting, Western Child, Preschool Comparative Study Disease Susceptibility/ETHNOLOGY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY English Abstract Human HIV Antibodies/BLOOD HIV Infections/ETHNOLOGY/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY HIV Seroprevalence *HIV-1/IMMUNOLOGY Infant Romania/EPIDEMIOLOGY Sex Factors Turkey/ETHNOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDagefactorsblotting,westernchild,preschoolcomparativestudydiseasesusceptibility/ethnology/epidemiology/immunologyenglishabstracthumanhivantibodies/bloodhivinfections/ethnology/KWDepidemiology/immunologyhivseroprevalenceKWDhiv-1/immunologyinfantromania/epidemiologysexfactorsturkey/ethnologyjournalarticle
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