Examining the relationship between urogenital schistosomiasis and hiv infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Mbabazi, Pamela Sabina ^a   Andan, Olivia ^a   Fitzgerald, Daniel W ^b   Chitsulo, Lester ^a   Engels, Dirk ^a   Downs, Jennifer A ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EID: 84855274922     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001396     Document Type: Article

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