Abstract
A seroprevalence survey conducted among 2240 individuals from Alexandria Egypt during August 1992 to February 1994 confirmed assumptions of a low rate of HIV infection in Egypt. Overall only 1.5% of the respondents were HIV-seropositive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Repeated ELISA reactivity was detected in 16 of 1535 blood donors (1.04%) 15 of 579 fire brigade personnel (2.59%) and 3 of 126 prison inmates (2.38%). However in Western blot confirmatory analyses these samples were either non-reactive (22 subjects) or showed indeterminate reactions (12 subjects) to both HIV-1 and HIV-2. The low rate of HIV prevalence in Egypt is presumed attributable to cultural factors.
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