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ArticleThe open AIDS journal2009

RNA detection and subtype C assessment of HIV-1 in infants with diarrhea in Ethiopia.

Workenesh Ayele, Tsehai Assefa, Sileshi Lulseged, Belete Tegbaru, Hiwot Berhanu, Wegene Tamene, Zenit Ahmedin, Birzaf W Tensai, Mengistu Tafesse, Jaap Goudsmit and 5 more

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Workenesh AyeleEthiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Tsehai Assefa
Sileshi Lulseged
Belete Tegbaru
Hiwot Berhanu
Wegene Tamene
Zenit Ahmedin
Birzaf W Tensai
Mengistu Tafesse
Jaap Goudsmit
Ben Berkhout
William A Paxton
Michel P Debaar
Tsehaynesh Messele
Georgios Pollakis

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In the absence of chemoprophylaxis, HIV-1 transmission occurs in 13-42% of infants born to HIV-1 positive mothers. All exposed infants acquire maternal HIV-1 antibodies that persist for up to 15 months, thereby hampering diagnosis. In resource limited settings, clinical symptoms are the indices of established infection against validated laboratory-based markers. Here we enrolled 1200 children hospitalized for diarrheal and other illnesses. 20-25% of those tested, aged 15 months or younger, were found to be HIV-1-seropositive. Where sufficient plasma was available, HIV-1 RNA detection was performed using a subtype-insensitive assay, with 71.1% of seropositive infants presenting with diarrhea showing positive. From sub-typing analysis, we identified that viruses of the C' sub-cluster were predominated amongst infants. Although this study may overestimate the HIV-1 frequency through testing symptomatic infants, diarrhea can be seen as a useful marker indicating HIV-1 infection in infants less than 15 months old.

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ChildrenDiagnosisDiarrheaEthiopia.RNASeropositive

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PMID19554214
PMCPMC2701272

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