| epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in rural and urban burkina faso. | herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2) infection enhances human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) susceptibility and may increase sexual transmission, but few data on hsv-2 prevalence are available from west africa. the main objective of this study was to describe the prevalence and determinants of hsv-2 among adults in urban and rural burkina faso. | 2011 | 20838363 |
| mother-to-child hiv and hhv-8 transmission in neonates at saint camille medical centre in burkina faso. | in sub-saharan africa, many hiv infected people are co-infected with human herpes virus 8 (hhv-8). therefore, the present study aimed to: (1) identify the pregnant women co-infected by hiv and hhv-8 at saint camille medical centre; (2) use three molecules (zidovudine, nevirapine and lamivudine) to interrupt the vertical transmission of hiv and (3) use the pcr technique to diagnose children, who were infected by these viruses, in order to offer them an early medical assistance. a total of 107 pre ... | 2009 | 19777784 |
| genetic polymorphisms and resistance mutations of hiv type 2 in antiretroviral-naive patients in burkina faso. | natural polymorphisms in the pol gene of hiv-2 may influence the susceptibility to antiretroviral drugs and the choice of treatment. we collected samples in centers for anonymous hiv testing in ouagadougou, burkina faso, in patients supposedly naive for any antiretroviral treatment. eighty-four samples were first tested as hiv-2 positive in burkina faso and then shipped to brussels, belgium, for confirmation of the serological status and plasma viral load. fifty-two samples were confirmed as hiv ... | 2007 | 17725411 |
| [association of pulmonary tuberculosis and human immunodeficency virus infection (hiv) infection in ouagadougou, burkina faso: diagnositic features, laboratory findings and statistical data]. | | 2005 | 16465822 |
| seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b and c viruses and syphilis among blood donors in koudougou (burkina faso) in 2009. | background: the high prevalence of numerous transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and syphilis in sub-saharan africa affects the safety of blood for recipients. this study was undertaken with the aim of determining the seroprevalence of hiv, hcv, hbv, syphilis and socio-demographic risk factors associated with blood donation in a new regional blood transfusion centre in burkina faso. material and m ... | 2011 | 21839011 |