Trends of HIV‐1 and HIV‐2 prevalence among pregnant women in Guinea‐Bissau West Africa: possible effect of the civil war 1998–1999

摘要

ObjectivesSentinel surveys in Bissau, the capital of Guinea‐Bissau, have shown low prevalence of HIV‐1 but high HIV‐2 prevalence before 1998. Guinea‐Bissau experienced a civil war in 1998–1999. To examine specifically the trends of HIV prevalence from antenatal surveys in Bissau, Guinea‐Bissau in 1987–2004, and whether the civil war in 1998–1999 could have an effect on HIV prevalence levels after the conflict.