Determination of T-lymphocyte subsets on site in rural Tanzania: results in HIV-1 infected and non-infected individuals.

With the FACSCount flow cytometer, counts of CD4, CD8 and CD3 lymphocytes and CD4/CD8 ratios were performed in a rural hospital in Tanzania. A total of 168 subjects (21 HIV-1 seropositive and 147 HIV-1 seronegative) were tested as part of a population-based serosurvey and AIDS education programme; 134 other subjects were hospitalized patients who had signs and symptoms suggestive of AIDS (69 HIV-1 seropositive and 65 HIV-seronegative). Mean values for the 147 HIV-1 seronegative subjects from the local population were 980 CD4 cells (95% CI 930, 1031), 598 CD8 cells (560, 635) and CD4/CD8 ratio 1.

Population-based study of HIV-1 infection in 4,086 subjects in northwest Tanzania.

A population-based HIV-1 seroprevalence survey of 4,086 individuals, aged 15-49 years, in the North Mara district of Tanzania from rural, periurban, and urban areas, including high-risk (prostitutes, and co-workers) individuals, was performed in 1989 and 1990. The overall seroprevalence was 7.3% (95% confidence interval, 6.