HIV and Schistosoma haematobium prevalences correlate in sub-Saharan Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1174-1179

  Ndeffo Mbah, Martial L ^a   Poolman, Eric M ^b   Drain, Paul K ^c,d   Coffee, Megan P ^e   van der Werf, Marieke J ^f,g   Galvani, Alison P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Hôpital de l'Université d'Etat d'Haiti   (Haïti)

^f KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genital schistosomiasis; HIV; Regression analysis; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

CORRELATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SYPHILIS; TETANUS;

GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS; HIV; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84883695271     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12165     Document Type: Article

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