HIV prevalence in suspected Ebola cases during the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2014-2016 Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa was the largest outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in history. Clarifying the influence of other prevalent diseases such as human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) will help improve treatment and supportive care of patients with EVD.

Case presentation

We examined HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody prevalence among suspected EVD cases from the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Biological Safety Laboratory during the epidemic in Sierra Leone. HIV and HCV antibodies were tested in 678 EVD-negative samples by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A high HIV prevalence (17.6%) and low HCV prevalence (0.22%) were observed among the suspected cases. Notably, we found dec

SUBMITTER: Liu WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398227 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature