Real-time PCR in HIV/Trypanosoma cruzi coinfection with and without Chagas disease reactivation: association with HIV viral load and CD4 level.

• Main Authors: Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas (Author), Sheila Cristina Vicente da Silva (Author), Ana Marli Sartori (Author), Rita Cristina Bezerra (Author), Elizabeth Visone Nunes Westphalen (Author), Tatiane Decaris Molina (Author), Antonio R L Teixeira (Author), Karim Yaqub Ibrahim (Author), Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Reactivation of chronic Chagas disease, which occurs in approximately 20% of patients coinfected with HIV/Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is commonly characterized by severe meningoencephalitis and myocarditis. The use of quantitative molecular tests to monitor Chagas disease reactivation...