01175nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653001000058653002800068653001300096653001100109653001900120653001000139653001100149653001200160653000900172653001400181100001400195700002100209700001400230700001400244700001200258700001200270245006300282300001000345490000800355520048400363022001400847       1994                            d  c1994 Jul 1610aAdult10aCross-Sectional Studies10aEthiopia10aFemale10aHIV Infections10aHIV-110aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMorbidity1 aFrommel D1 aTekle-Haimanot R1 aVerdier M1 aNegesse Y1 aBulto T1 aDenis F00aHIV infection and leprosy: a four-year survey in Ethiopia.  a165-60 v3443 a<p>Between 1988 and 1992 three cross-sectional surveys for antibodies to HIV were done in 644 Ethiopian patients with histologically proven leprosy. Whereas the frequency of HIV-1 infection gradually increased from 3.2% to 6.5%, the clinical presentation, number of new patients, and frequency of relapse did not differ between HIV negative and positive patients. Thus HIV appears unlikely to have a significant impact on the incidence of leprosy in sub-Sahelian populations.</p>  a0140-6736