Prevalence and correlates of helminth co-infection in kenyan HIV-1 infected adults

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Walson, Judd L ^a,b   Stewart, Barclay T ^c   Sangaré, Laura ^a   Mbogo, Loice W ^d   Otieno, Phelgona A ^d   Piper, Benjamin K S ^a,d   Richardson, Barbra A ^a   John Stewart, Grace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950434129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000644     Document Type: Article

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