Document 0225
 DOCN  M9550225
 TI    Epidemiological and serological studies in HIV-infected Ethiopian
       immigrants to Israel.
 DT    9505
 AU    Pollack S; Ben-Porath E; Fuad B; Raz R; Etzioni A; Department of
       Clinical Immunology, Rambam Medical Center, Bruce; Rappaport Faculty of
       Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of; Technology, Haifa.
 SO    Acta Paediatr Suppl. 1994 Aug;400:19-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95135011
 AB    In the last 10 years, Ethiopian Jews have immigrated to Israel in large
       numbers. Up to 1990 they came directly from their remote villages in
       northern Ethiopia and no HIV infection was detected in the several
       thousands that came. In contrast, 1.74% of approximately 14,000 new
       immigrant Ethiopians who arrived in 1991-92, after spending more than a
       year in Addis Ababa, were HIV positive. Several infants born in Israel
       following the latter immigration were found to be infected, whereas more
       than 2500 children born in Ethiopia were negative. Sexual transmission
       during their stay in Addis Ababa is thought to be the only route of
       infection, and therefore this is a newly infected population.
       Immunological studies revealed very low CD4 count in HIV-infected
       people. HIV-negative Ethiopian immigrants to Israel also have a lower
       CD4 count than the general Israeli population. Further studies are
       currently under way to look at the natural history of this particular
       HIV-infected group.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Child  Child, Preschool  CD4 Lymphocyte Count
       CD4-CD8 Ratio  Disease Transmission, Vertical  Ethiopia/ETHNOLOGY
       Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*ETHNOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seropositivity/DIAGNOSIS/ETHNOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Incidence
       Infant  Israel/EPIDEMIOLOGY  *Jews  Male  Prevalence  *Transients and
       Migrants  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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