Association of Inconclusive Sera for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection with Malaria and Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in Central Africa

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2014 Jan 31

PMID 24478507

Citations 5

Authors

Francois-Xavier Mbopi-Keou

Angelique Ndjoyi-Mbiguino

Frederic Talla

Helene Pere

Khady Kebe

Mathieu Matta

Maurice Aurelien Sosso

Laurent Belec

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Abstract

Among 464 sera from adults in Cameroon, 56 (12.1%) gave inconclusive HIV serology. All were negative for HIV-1 DNA; 44.6% (n = 25) were significantly associated with Plasmodium (42.8%) or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (17.8%) infections. In Central Africa, sera giving inconclusive results for HIV are frequently associated with malaria, EBV infection, or both.

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