Document 0651
 DOCN  M95A0651
 TI    Enteric viruses associated with HIV infection in Tanzanian children with
       chronic diarrhea.
 DT    9510
 AU    Cegielski JP; Msengi AE; Miller SE; Department of Medicine, Duke
       University Medical Center, Durham,; North Carolina, USA.
 SO    Pediatr AIDS HIV Infect. 1994 Oct;5(5):296-9. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE AIDS/95330393
 AB    OBJECTIVE. To determine whether specific viruses are associated with HIV
       infection in Tanzanian children with chronic diarrhea. DESIGN.
       Cross-sectional survey. SETTING. Major national teaching hospital in Dar
       es Salaam, Tanzania. PATIENTS. Consecutively admitted, human
       immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and HIV-uninfected children with
       chronic diarrhea, and controls without diarrhea, aged 15 months to 5
       years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE. Enteric viruses identified by electron
       microscopy (EM) of fecal specimens. RESULTS. Small round structured
       viruses (SRSV) were more frequent in HIV-infected than HIV-uninfected
       children with chronic diarrhea (4 of 21 vs 1 of 32, prevalence ratio =
       6.09, 90% confidence limits 1.03, 36.14). Rotavirus and coronavirus-like
       particles (CVLP) were not associated with HIV infection. CONCLUSION.
       SRSV may be associated with HIV infection in Tanzanian children with
       chronic diarrhea. Larger, confirmatory studies are needed.
 DE    AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/COMPLICATIONS/*VIROLOGY  Chronic
       Disease  Coronavirus/ISOLATION & PURIF  Cross-Sectional Studies
       Diarrhea/*COMPLICATIONS/VIROLOGY  Feces/MICROBIOLOGY
       Gastroenteritis/COMPLICATIONS/VIROLOGY  Human  Norwalk Virus/ISOLATION &
       PURIF  Rotavirus/ISOLATION & PURIF  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Tanzania
       Virus Diseases/*COMPLICATIONS  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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