HTLV-I seropositivity in east Caprivi, SWA/Namibia

Lecatsas, G.; Joubert, J.J.; Schutte, C.H.; Taylor, M.B.; Swanevelder, C.

South African Medical Journal 74(12): 643-644

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 3206325
Document Number: 315981
Serological examination of 708 black people in east Caprivi, SWA/Namibia, showed 4.2% and 5.6% respectively to be positive for HIV-1 by ELAVIA (Pasteur) and ELISA (Du Pont); 2.6% were confirmed seropositive by Western blot. Fifteen (2.1%) of 704 samples were seropositive for HIV-2 infection by ELAVIA, but none by Western blot. The peak prevalence of seropositivity for HIV-1 was in the 10-19 years age-group.Carolyn A. Brown.

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