학술논문
Weight loss associated with HIV seroconversion among injection-drug users
Document Type
Periodical
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Source
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. August 15, 1996, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p514, 5 p.
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ISSN
1077-9450
Abstract
Weight loss of ten pounds or more among injection-drug users (IDUs) may be a common symptom and an accurate indicator of primary HIV infection. Seven of eleven IDUs reported a loss of four and a half kilograms or more three months before their positive HIV seroconversion. Seroconversion is the stage in HIV where antibodies develop and serologic test reads positive for the disease. Symptoms of HIV-seroconverting IDUs were different from those of drug users who did not seroconvert and demonstrated that oral ulcers and 35 years of age were also risk factors for primary HIV.