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. 1994 Feb;10(1):95-8.
doi: 10.1007/BF01717460.

Epidemiology and clinical manifestation of HIV infection in northern Zaire

W Strecker  1 , L Gürtler, M Schilling, M Binibangili, K Strecker
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Epidemiology and clinical manifestation of HIV infection in northern Zaire

W Strecker et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 1994 Feb.

Abstract

1275 patients were evaluated for HIV-1 + 2 seroprevalence and its association with clinical symptoms of HIV infection. Of 667 apparently healthy subjects, 8.2% had anti-HIV-1 antibodies. In 465 patients with clinical signs of AIDS, 39.4% were seropositive. 143 patients with miscellaneous symptoms had positive predictive values for HIV infection between 67% (vaginal ulcerations) and 20% (profound pyogenic abscesses). The WHO definition for AIDS had a specificity of 78.3%, a sensitivity of 72.2% and a predictive value of 61.6%.

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