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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul-Aug;31(4):417-20.
doi: 10.4103/0256-4947.76408.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 in two Saudi families

Reem S Almaghrabi  1 , Batool Ali, Sahar Al-Thawadi, Magid Abdel Halim, Abdulrahman A Alrajhi
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Case Reports

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 in two Saudi families

Reem S Almaghrabi et al. Ann Saudi Med. 2011 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2), the second retrovirus that causes the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans, is limited in its distribution to West Africa. We report cases in two Saudi families with HIV-2 infection and AIDS, resulting in death of the index cases-the husbands, while the wives and a daughter were maintained on antiretroviral therapy. When HIV viral loads were undetectable in initial assays, further testing confirmed the presence of HIV-2. In the first family, the 30-year-old wife was found to be HIV-positive after the diagnosis in her 30-year-old husband, who later died with AIDS. In the second family, HIV-2 infection was diagnosed in the 50-year-old wife and 18-year-old daughter of a man who had died of AIDS at the age of 48 years. Recognizing HIV-2 infection is essential for appropriate workup, assessment, therapy and care of the pregnant woman.

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