[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( XXXX ) in the African environment].

@entity1 @entity2826 @entity11447 @entity1328 @entity8956 @entity55 @entity1330 @entity294 @entity7843 @entity4091 @entity7553 @entity3305 @entity281 @entity364 @entity19141 @entity272 @entity3252 @entity311 @entity378 @entity791
The characteristics of @entity791 in Africa differ sharply from those in North America with respect to diagnosis and epidemiology, and in a clinical sense. The study of 78 @entity1 treated in Kinshasa, Zaire during the period of October 1983-July 1984 yielded the following results: 159 out of a total of 1051 hospitalized @entity1 were suspected of having @entity791 , and there were 78 proven cases (54 of them died). The average age of 40 @entity1 and 38 @entity1 was 27 and 31 years, respectively, and the ratio of married @entity1 was 35% and 74%, respectively, with a lot of @entity1 living in polygamous relationships. In the first stage of the disease weight loss appeared in 100%, recurrent @entity294 in 83.3%, significant loss of strength in 75.6%, febrile conditions in 68.3%, and @entity272 in 58.9%. The ratio of @entity1 to @entity1 was 5:5, since heterosexuality and polygamy prevailed. Cigarette smoking was the main addition, thus drug addition per se did not appear as a risk factor. Blood transfusions occurred frequently (for instance, in @entity311 ), but hemophilic @entity1 receiving lyophilized preparations were rare. Haitians visited in fairly large numbers after the 1960's propagating the risk of @entity791 . Black Africans accounted for 100% of cases. The number of concomitant, opportunistic diseases in @entity791 @entity1 in Zaire were: 34 cases of @entity378 , 32 cases of @entity7553 , 30 @entity364 , 21 @entity3305 and/or genitalis, 19 cases of dermal and @entity1330 , 12 cases of @entity11447 , 9 cases of @entity2826 , 5 cases of @entity4091 , 3 cases of @entity281 , 3 cases of @entity7843 , 2 cases of @entity3252 , and 1 case of @entity55 ( @entity19141 ). @entity378 , @entity1328 , @entity11447 , and @entity8956 were more frequent opportunistic diseases in Zaire than in the U.S.A., while @entity55 caused by @entity19141 and @entity2826 were relatively rare.
