Titre

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Type 2 Co-infection Rate in Kinshasa Patients

Type

Livre

Axe

Secteur

Santé,

Thématique

Coinfection VIH/TB,

Recherche

Recherches Fondamentales,

Lieu

National,

Source

Chercheurs / Universités,

Auteur

Erick Ntambwe Kamangu1

Nombbre de page

Année d'édition

2016

Description

Background: Although the two types of HIV essentially cause AIDS; there are major differences between them in terms of phylogeny, pathology, virulence, evolution, transmission, infectivity and epidemiology. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the rate of HIV-1 and HIV-2 co-infection in people infected with HIV in Kinshasa.