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Cause of death among people with retroviral infection in rural Guinea-Bissau
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posted on 2023-06-08, 13:50 authored by Maxwell CooperMaxwell Cooper, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Samuel McConkey, Sarah Cooper, Tim Vincent, Hilton WhittleHIV-2 and HTLV-1 infection are both associated with increased mortality, but the causes of death are not well known. Relatives of 84 deceased persons from a rural part of Guinea-Bissau were interviewed using a standardised verbal autopsy questionnaire in the context of a large longitudinal community cohort study. The results were reviewed by two doctors to conclude cause of death. A cause of death was agreed upon for 49/84 subjects. Nineteen of these 49 were infected with HIV-2 alone and 7 with both HIV-2 and HTLV-1. Among these, the main causes of death were pulmonary tuberculosis (n = 5), AIDS (n = 5), cerebrovascular accident (n = 5), sepsis (n = 3) and hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 2). Death associated with traditional HIV-related causes were implicated in 13/26 (50%) of those with HIV-2
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Tropical DoctorISSN
0049-4755Publisher
Royal Society of MedicineExternal DOI
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3Volume
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181-183Department affiliated with
- Primary Care and Public Health Publications
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