Document 0514
 DOCN  M9440514
 TI    HIV-2 in the United Kingdom--a review.
 DT    9404
 AU    Evans BG; Gill ON; Gleave SR; Mortimer PP; Parry JV
 SO    CDR (Lond Engl Rev). 1991 Feb 1;1(2):R19-23. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/94138440
 AB    Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) was first recognised in 1986
       and subsequently the infection was shown to be widespread in West
       Africa. There have been few case reports from countries outside the
       African continent. In North America and Europe the highest number of
       infections have been in Portugal and France. Twelve HIV-2 infections
       have been identified in the United Kingdom (UK) and nine of the twelve
       had some connection with Africa, mostly West Africa; in three cases only
       sub-Saharan Africa was stated on the report, and one was from
       Mozambique. The other three HIV-2 infections were identified as follows:
       one in stored sera from a man who died in 1978, one in a child from
       Portugal who was diagnosed in the UK as having Acquired Immune
       Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1985, and one in a homosexual man who was
       tested unlinked and anonymously in London in 1987. It is not known how
       many of the total number of UK HIV-2 infections are represented by these
       twelve, but among large numbers of blood donors and people attending
       genitourinary medicine clinics the occurrence of infection was rare.
 DE    Adult  AIDS Serodiagnosis  Child  Contact Tracing  Cross-Sectional
       Studies  Female  Great Britain/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  *HIV-2  Incidence  Male  Travel
       JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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