Volume 4, Number 4—December 1998
Dispatch
Introduction of HIV-2 and Multiple HIV-1 Subtypes to Lebanon
Table
Sex partner characteristic |
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Patient no. | Gendera | Age (yrs) | Statusb | CD4/ mm3 | WHO classc | AIDS/ HIV | Bi/homo-sexual male | CSWd | Travel/sexual contacts abroad | Subtype |
LE1 | M | 37 | M | 172 | 3 | No | No | Yes | West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire)e | A |
LE5 | M | 42 | M | NA | 3 | NKf | No | Yes | West Africae | A |
LE6 | M | 29 | M | 168 | 2 | Yes | No | Yes | West Africae | A |
LE11 | M | 26 | S | 44 | 3 | Yes | No | Yes | Africae | A |
LE18g | M | 34 | M | 400 | 1 | Yes | No | Yes | Middle East (United Arab Emirates)e | A |
LE22 | M | 42 | S | NA | 3 | No | No | Yes | West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire)e | D |
LE9 | M | 57 | M | 253 | 1 | No | No | Yes | Middle East (United Arab Emirates)e, Asia, Europe, North America | A/D/ Ah |
LE24 | M | 54 | M | 180 | 1 | NK | No | Yes | West Africa (Nigeria)e | G/Ai |
LE7 | M | 54 | M | 177 | 3 | No | No | Yes | West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire)e, Middle East | NC/Aj |
LE16 | M | 32 | M | 86 | 2 | NK | No | Yes | Europe | B |
LE26 | M | 36 | M | 86 | 1 | No | No | Yes | Europe (France)e | B |
LE2 | M | 27 | S | 396 | 3 | Yes | Yes | No | Europe (France, Germany, UK)e, North America (USA)e, Middle East | B |
LE8 | M | 43 | S | 98 | 3 | No | Yes | No | Europee, South America, Middle East (Bahrain)e | B |
LE10 | M | 35 | S | 56 | 4 | No | Yes | No | Europe (France)e Middle East, | B |
LE14 | M | 45 | D/SP | 7 | 3 | No | No | Yes | Europe (Spain, Germany)e Asia (Thailand)e, South, America | B |
LE23k | M | 47 | M | NA | 1 | Yes | No | Yes | West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria)e | B |
LE21 | M | 31 | S | 340 | 1 | No | No | No | Lebanon only | B |
LE3 | F | 31 | M | 378 | 1 | Yes | No | No | Lebanon only | A |
LE17g | F | 32 | M | 300 | 3 | Yes | No | No | Lebanon only | A |
LE20 | F | 32 | M | NA | 1 | Yes | No | No | Europe | A |
LE4 | F | 36 | M | 233 | 1 | Yes | No | No | Africa | A |
LE13 | F | 35 | M | 350 | 1 | Yes | No | No | West Africa | A |
LE15 | F | 34 | M | 171 | 1 | Yes | No | No | Asia | C |
LE12l | F | 31 | M | 109 | 3 | NK | NK | NK | Africa | B |
LE19k | F | 42 | M | 30 | 4 | Yes | No | No | West Africa | B |
LE25 | F | 28 | M | 200 | 2 | Yes | No | No | West Africa | HIV -2 |
aM=male, F=female.
bM=married, S=single, D/SP=divorced/separated.
cWorld Health Organization classification based on opportunistic infections.
dCommercial sex worker.
eSexual contact reported in region, country listed in parentheses.
fNot known.
gCouple number 1.
hSubtype A -env, subtype D -pol, subtype A -gag.
iSubtype G -env, subtype A -pol.
jUnclassified subtype for env and pol, subtype A - gag.
kCouple number 2.
lReported to be infected by blood transfusion.
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