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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
In 1993 an epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection occurred among 39 patients at 2 renal dialysis centers in Egypt. The centers, private center A (PCA) and university center A (UCA) were visited, HIV-infected patients were interviewed, seroconversion rates at UCA were calculated, and relatedness of HIV strains was determined by sequence analysis; 34 (62%) of 55 patients from UCA and 5 (42%) of 12 patients from PCA were HIV-infected. The HIV seroconversion risk at UCA varied significantly with day and shift of dialysis session. Practices that resulted in sharing of syringes among patients were observed at both centers. The analyzed V3 loop sequences of the HIV strain of 12 outbreak patients were >96% related to each other. V3 loop sequences from each of 8 HIV-infected Egyptians unrelated to the 1993 epidemic were only 76%-89% related to those from outbreak strains. Dialysis patients may be at risk for HIV infection if infection control guidelines are not followed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
181
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Cross Infection, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Disease Outbreaks, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Egypt, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-HIV Envelope Protein gp120, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-HIV Seropositivity, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Hemodialysis Units, Hospital, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Molecular Epidemiology, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Needle Sharing, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:10608755-Renal Dialysis
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemic transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in renal dialysis centers in Egypt.
pubmed:affiliation
National AIDS Programme, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't