Schistosomiasis was not associated with higher HIV-1 plasma or genital set point viral loads among HIV seroconverters from four cohort studies.

• Main Authors: Aaron F Bochner (Author), W Evan Secor (Author), Jared M Baeten (Author), Govert J van Dam (Author), Adam A Szpiro (Author), Sammy M Njenga (Author), Paul L A M Corstjens (Author), Romel D Mackelprang (Author), Nelly R Mugo (Author), Julie Overbaugh (Author), Connie Celum (Author), Andrew Mujugira (Author), R Scott McClelland (Author), Ruanne V Barnabas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Many regions of sub-Saharan Africa experience a high prevalence of both schistosomiasis and HIV-1, leading to frequent coinfection. Higher plasma HIV-1 viral loads are associated with faster disease progression and genital HIV-1 loads are a primary determinant of HIV-1...