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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
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).