High prevalence of persistent parasitic infections in foreign-born, HIV-infected persons in the United States.

• Main Authors: Natasha S Hochberg (Author), Ruth N Moro (Author), Anandi N Sheth (Author), Susan P Montgomery (Author), Frank Steurer (Author), Isabel T McAuliffe (Author), Yun F Wang (Author), Wendy Armstrong (Author), Hilda N Rivera (Author), Jeffrey L Lennox (Author), Carlos Franco-Paredes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Foreign-born, HIV-infected persons are at risk for sub-clinical parasitic infections acquired in their countries of origin. The long-term consequences of co-infections can be severe, yet few data exist on parasitic infection prevalence in this population.This cross-sectional study evaluated 128 fore...