Possible biochemical impact of malaria infection in subjects with HIV co-infection in Anambra state, Nigeria

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Onyenekwe, Charles C ^a   Ukibe, N ^a   Meludu, S C ^a   Ifeanyi, M ^a   Ezeani, M ^a   Onochie, A ^a   Ofiaeli, N ^a   Aboh, N ^a   Ilika, A ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Biochemical index; HIV; Malaria co infection

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; IRON; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; IRON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 44949194749     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Onyenekwe CC, Meludu SC, Dioka CE, Salimonu LS. Prevalence of asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia amongst pregnant women. Indian J Malariol 2002; 39: 60-5.
2. Onyenekwe CC, Arinola OG, Salimonu LS. Detection of Plasmodium falciparum-IgG and incidence of asymptomatic malaria in pregnant women in Nigeria. Indian J Malariol 2002; 39: 39-42.
3. Onyenekwe CC, Ukibe N, Meludu SC, Ilika A, Aboh N, Ofiaeli N, Ezaeni M, Onochie A. Prevalence of malaria as co-infection in HIV infected individuals in a malaria endemic area of Southeastern Nigeria. J Vector Borne Dis 2007; 44: 250-4.
4. Abu-Radded LJ, Patnaik P, Kublin JG. Dual infection with HIV and malaria fuels the spread of both diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Science 2007, 315(5812): 598.
5. Grimwade K, French N, Mbatha DD, Zungu DD, Dedicoat M, Gilks CF. Childhood malaria in a region of unstable transmission and high human immunodeficiency virus prevalence. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003; 22(12): 1057-63.
6. Grimwade K, French N, Mbatha DD, Zungu DD, Dedicoat M, Gilks CF. HIV infection as a co-factor for severe falciparum malaria in adults living in a region of unstable malaria transmission in South Africa. AIDS 2004; 18(3): 547-54.
7. Cohen C, Karstaedt A, Frean J, Thomas J, Govender N, Prentice E, Dini L, Galpin J, Crewe-Brown H. Increased prevalence of severe malaria in HIV-infected adults in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis 2005; 41(11): 1631-7.
8. Friis H, Gomo L, Nyazema N, Ndhlovu P, Krarup H, Madsen PH, Michaelsen KF. Iron haptoglobin phenotype and HIV-1 viral load: a cross-sectional study among pregnant Zimbabwean women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2003; 33(18): 74-81.
9. Das BS, Thumhan DI, Das DB. Influence of malaria on marker of iron status in children: implications for interpreting iron status in malaria endemic communities. Br J Nutr 1997; 78(5): 751-60.
10. Odunukwe NN, Salako LA, Okany C, Ibrahim MM. Serum ferritin and other haematological measurement in apparently healthy adults with malaria parasitaemia in Lagos, Nigeria. Trop Med Int Health 2000; 5(8): 582-6.
11. Friis H, Gomo L, Koestel P, Ndhlovu P, Nyazema N, Krarup H, Michaelsen KF. HIV and other predictors of serum folate,serum ferritin and haemoglobin in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study in Zimbabwe. Am J Clin Nutr 2001; 73(5): 1066-73.
12. Patnaik P, Jere CS, Miller WC, Hoffman IF, Wirima J, Pendame R, Meshnick SR, Taylor TE, Molyneux ME, Kublin JG. Effect of HIV-1 serostatus, HIV-1 RNA concentration, and CD4 cell count on the incidence of malaria infection in a cohort of adults in rural Malawi. J Infect Dis 2005; 172: 984-91.
13. Onyenekwe CC, Ukibe NR, Meludu SC, Ifeanyi CM, Igwegbe AO, Ezeani M, Ezeugwunne I, Ofiaeli N, Onochie A, Ilika A, Abor N. Neutrophil ingestion rate of nitroblue tetrazolium in subjects with malaria-HIV co-morbidity. Trop J Med Res 2008; 12(1): 1-5.
14. Joseph G, Feldman PH, David N. Serum albumin as a predictor of survival in HIV-infected women in the women interagency HIV study. AIDS 2000; 14(7): 863-70.
15. Olawumi HO, Olatunji PO. The value of serum albumin in pre-treatment assessment and monitoring of therapy in HIV/AIDS patients. HIV Med 2006; 7: 351-5.