Publications
| low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (hiv-1), hiv-2, and human t cell lymphotropic virus-1 infection in somalia. | a seroepidemiologic survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1), hiv-2, human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i), and treponema pallidum infection among southern somalis. sera were collected from 1,269 study subjects in the urban area of the capital city, mogadishu, and in the rural towns of merka, qoryoley, and kismayo. the subjects included 57 prostitutes, 79 sexually transmitted disease (std) patients, and 1,133 others, including outp ... | 1991 | 1763791 |
| prevalence of serum antibodies against bloodborne and sexually transmitted agents in selected groups in somalia. | somalia has suffered from a civil war during the last 10 years. in this period the use of whole blood has increased at least twofold in mogadishu, somalia compared with pre-war. screening possibilities are limited. recent data concerning the prevalence of infections with blood-borne and sexually transmitted agents are not available from this country. to investigate the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1/2) and other blood-borne or sexually transmitted agents we tested a total of 256 s ... | 2000 | 10722141 |