Impact of schistosome infection on long-term HIV/AIDS outcomes.

• Main Authors: Soledad Colombe (Author), Richard Machemba (Author), Baltazar Mtenga (Author), Peter Lutonja (Author), Samuel E Kalluvya (Author), Claudia J de Dood (Author), Pytsje T Hoekstra (Author), Govert J van Dam (Author), Paul L A M Corstjens (Author), Mark Urassa (Author), John M Changalucha (Author), Jim Todd (Author), Jennifer A Downs (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Africa bears the burden of approximately 70% of global HIV infections and 90% of global schistosome infections. We sought to investigate the impact of schistosome infection at the time of HIV-1 seroconversion on the speed of HIV-1 disease progression, as measured by the outcome CD4+ T-cell (CD4) cou...