HERPES-ZOSTER AND HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS (HIV) INFECTION IN BRAZZAVILLE - A 269 CASES STUDY

A study of seroprevalence of HIV infection was performed in Brazzaville among patients hospitalized for shingles in the infectious diseases departments of the University Hospital Center of Brazzaville and Makelekele Hospital Center (1991-1992). HIV 1 antibodies have been detected in 72,1 % of sera. This result is compared to those of central Africa authors. The seroprevalence rate was 67,4 % in men and 77,4 % in women. The most frequent localisations in patients infected with HIV 1 were: buttock and thigh (86,6 %, abdominal (84 %) and cervical (81,8 %).