       Document 0076
 DOCN  M9460076
 TI    [Epidemiologic distribution of HIV2 human immunodeficiency virus
       infection in sub-Saharan Africa]
 DT    9404
 AU    Remy G; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Marseille.
 SO    Med Trop (Mars). 1993 Oct-Dec;53(4):511-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94187602
 AB    This text presents the results of an analysis of the distribution and
       evolution of the HIV2 infection in Africa South of Sahara. The
       serological data collected in selected groups of the population suggest
       that the virus is very rare in the East and the South of the continent,
       except in Mozambic where it is found everywhere, but on a low level. The
       infection is also rarely depisted in West-Central Africa; however an
       epidemic could affect the North of angola. HIV2 is probably an old host
       of some West African collectivities. Now the infection is often sporadic
       in the general population except in a little regional foci in
       Guinea-Bissau. On the contrary, high prevalences are observed in many
       groups of prostitutes. The epidemiological situation has been stable
       since 1985-86. At least in West Africa, the only new fact of the recent
       past could be that the infection became apparent to the physicians.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Adult  Africa South of
       the Sahara/EPIDEMIOLOGY  English Abstract  Female  Human  *HIV-2  Male
       Pregnancy  Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Prostitution  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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