HIV-1 and HIV-2 in Spain.

Savall, R; Balanzó, Xavier; Fernández, José Luís; Valls, F.; Soriano, Vicente

doi:10.1136/sti.68.2.143

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“…The prevalence of HIV-2 infection in African immigrants living in different Spanish geographical areas is variable, although it fluctuates between 1 and 3% in Madrid and Barcelona, respectively (10,11). The population from West African countries has higher rates of infection, although in Spain some HIV-2-positive subjects have been identified as natives of other sub-Saharan regions, such as the Central African Republic and the Republic of South Africa.…”

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Epidemiology of HIV-2 infection in Spain

Soriano

Gutiérrez

Caballero

et al. 1996

Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis.

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Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) infection is endemic in West Africa, where it is responsible for many cases of AIDS. HIV-2-infected subjects have been described in other countries, mainly African immigrants, although infection in native individuals has been reported as well. The first cases of HIV-2 infection in Spain were identified in 1988. Through December 1995, 56 HIV-2 infected individuals have been diagnosed, primarily in large urban areas (23 cases in Madrid and 18 in Barcelona). All are African immigrants, except for 12 natives (21.4%), six of whom acquired the infection in endemic areas; the remaining six (2 women with numerous sexual partners and 4 homo/bisexual men) acquired the infection in Spain. Heterosexual transmission was probable in all but seven cases: five homo/bisexual males, a subject who likely acquired infection through parenteral exposure, and a child born to an HIV-2-infected mother. Nine patients (all Spanish born) have developed AIDS (16%), six of whom have died. In conclusion, HIV-2 infection is present in Spain at a low rate, and there is little evidence supporting an emerging ongoing transmission outside the population of African immigrants.

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