Seroprevalence of other antibodies (herpes, CMV, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B and C, syphilis, chlamydia, mumps, toxoplasmosis) in HIV-positive patients

Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2011;38(2):172-4.

Abstract

We attempted to determine the seropositivity of HIV-positive patients to other antibodies (herpes, CMV, rubella, varicella, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, chlamydia, mumps, toxoplasmosis). The study was carried out at the Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy Centre of a Tertiary Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 70 patients (50 females and 20 males) attending the centre between June 1997 and December 2005 who were screened and found to be HIV-seropositive were further screened for herpes simplex IgG/IgM, CMV IgG/IgM, rubella IgG/IgM, varicella IgG/IgM, mumps IgG/IgM, toxoplasmosis IgG/IgM, chlamydia IgG/IgM, hepatitis B and hepatitis C IgG/IgM using ELISA kits and syphilis (THPA) using the HAE method. Our study showed that a large number of HIV-positive patients are carriers of other antibodies and should be screened for them before therapy.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / immunology
  • HIV Seropositivity / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies
  • Toxoplasmosis / epidemiology
  • Toxoplasmosis / immunology
  • Virus Diseases / epidemiology
  • Virus Diseases / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Antibodies, Viral