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15 December 2006

Volume 43, Number 12
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2006;43:1612–1615
© 2006 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
1058-4838/2006/4312-0014$15.00
DOI: 10.1086/508865
HIV/AIDS BRIEF REPORT

Serological Evidence of HIV‐Associated Infection among HIV‐1–Infected Adults in Botswana

C. William Wester,1,3

Hermann Bussmann,1,3

Sikhulile Moyo,1

Ava Avalos,1,3

Tendani Gaolathe,2

Ndwapi Ndwapi,2

Max Essex,1,3

Rob Roy MacGregor,4 and

Richard G. Marlink1,3

1Botswana‐Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative Partnership for HIV Research and Education and 2Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana; and 3Harvard School of Public Health, Boston Massachusetts, and 4University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

In industrialized countries, it is recommended that adults with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) infection undergo baseline screening for pathogens that might cause latent or active infections, such as syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, infection due to Toxoplasma gondii, and cytomegalovirus infection. A paucity of data exist from sub‐Saharan Africa describing the prevalence of these pathogens. We report data for HIV‐1–infected adults referred for initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy in Botswana.

Received 2 February 2006; accepted 7 August 2006; electronically published 8 November 2006.

Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Richard G. Marlink, Harvard School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115 ().
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