In 1998, outbreaks of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were reported in children attending Al-Fateh Hospital in Benghazi, Libya. Here we use molecular phylogenetic techniques to analyse new virus sequences from these outbreaks. We find that the HIV-1 and HCV strains were already circulating and prevalent in this hospital and its environs before the arrival in March 1998 of the foreign medical staff (five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor) who stand accused of transmitting the HIV strain to the children.
de Oliveira, T., Pybus, O., Rambaut, A., Salemi, M., Cassol, S., Ciccozzi, M., et al. (2006). Molecular epidemiology: HIV-1 and HCV sequences from Libyan outbreak. NATURE, 444(7121), 836-837 [10.1038/444836a].
Molecular epidemiology: HIV-1 and HCV sequences from Libyan outbreak
AMICOSANTE, MASSIMO;COLIZZI, VITTORIO;PERNO, CARLO FEDERICO
2006-12-14
Abstract
In 1998, outbreaks of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection were reported in children attending Al-Fateh Hospital in Benghazi, Libya. Here we use molecular phylogenetic techniques to analyse new virus sequences from these outbreaks. We find that the HIV-1 and HCV strains were already circulating and prevalent in this hospital and its environs before the arrival in March 1998 of the foreign medical staff (five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor) who stand accused of transmitting the HIV strain to the children.Questo articolo è pubblicato sotto una Licenza Licenza Creative Commons
