Co-infection with subclinical HIV and Wuchereria bancrofti, and the role of malaria and hookworms, in adult Tanzanians: infection intensities, CD4/CD8 counts and cytokine responses

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 602-612

  Nielsen, N O ^a   Friis, H ^b   Magnussen, P ^a   Krarup, H ^c   Magesa, S ^d   Simonsen, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

CD4 CD8 ratios; Cytokines; HIV; Hookworm; Tanzania; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; TANZANIA; VIRUS LOAD; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 34247129513     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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