1. Viral coinfections among African children infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
- Author
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Chakraborty R, Rees G, Bourboulia D, Cross AM, Dixon JR, D'Agostino A, Musoke R, Boshoff C, Rowland-Jones SL, and Klenerman P
- Subjects
- Africa epidemiology, Child, Child, Preschool, Cytomegalovirus, GB virus C, HIV Infections epidemiology, HIV-1, HTLV-I Infections complications, Herpesviridae Infections complications, Herpesvirus 8, Human, Human T-lymphotropic virus 1, Human T-lymphotropic virus 2, Humans, Cytomegalovirus Infections complications, Flaviviridae Infections complications, HIV Infections complications, Hepatitis, Viral, Human complications
- Abstract
City-dwelling children from Kenya who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were tested for coinfection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), human T cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2, Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), or hepatitis B, C, and G viruses. All children were found to be coinfected with CMV, whereas 5% had hepatitis G virus coinfection and 15% had KSHV coinfection. A protective role for hepatitis G virus cannot be excluded but likely affects only a minority of HIV-1-infected African children.
- Published
- 2003
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