Helminth-associated systemic immune activation and HIV co-receptor expression: response to albendazole/praziquantel treatment.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Mkunde Chachage (लेखक), Lilli Podola (लेखक), Petra Clowes (लेखक), Anthony Nsojo (लेखक), Asli Bauer (लेखक), Onesmo Mgaya (लेखक), Dickens Kowour (लेखक), Guenter Froeschl (लेखक), Leonard Maboko (लेखक), Michael Hoelscher (लेखक), Elmar Saathoff (लेखक), Christof Geldmacher (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that helminth infections increase HIV susceptibility by enhancing systemic immune activation and hence contribute to elevated HIV-1 transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. OBJECTIVE: To study systemic immune activation and HIV-1 co-receptor expression in relation to...