POPLINE Document Number: 075864
Author(s):
Gotuzzo E
Escamilla J
Phillips IA
Sanchez J
Wignall FS
Antigoni J
Source citation:
ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, 1992 Jul;152(7):1429-32.
Abstract:
20 (18%) of 111 Peruvian men with sexually acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were found to also be infected with human T-lymphotrophic virus type I or II in a retrospective study. At the time of data evaluation, 75 patients had reached Centers for Disease Control stage IV (clinical acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; [AIDS]) and had not received antiviral medication; mortality in this group was 63.3% (38/60) among patients infected with HIV alone and 80% (12/15) in the dually infected group. Of the 50 patients who had died, survival time from onset of stage IV to death was shorter in the dually infected group (5.02 +or- 3.27 months) than in those with HIV infection alone (10.07 +or- 4.42 months). In Peru, sexually acquired HIV infection in men is often accompanied by human T-lymphotrophic virus type I/II infection, and dual retrovirus infection is associated with a shorter survival after onset of clinical AIDS. (author's)
Keywords:
PeruIndex page
Retrospective Studies
HIV Infections
Viral Diseases
Incidence
Laboratory Examinations and Diagnoses
AIDS
Men
South America, Western
South America
Latin America
Americas
Developing Countries
Studies
Research Methodology
Diseases
Measurement
Examinations and Diagnoses
Demographic Factors
Population