Hookworm infection is associated with decreased CD4+T cell counts in HIV-infected adult Ugandans

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Morawski, Bozena M ^a,b   Yunus, Miya ^c   Kerukadho, Emmanuel ^d   Turyasingura, Grace ^e   Barbra, Logose ^c   Ojok, Andrew Mijumbi ^c   DiNardo, Andrew R ^f   Sowinski, Stefanie ^e,g   Boulware, David R ^a,b   Mejia, Rojelio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION   (Uganda)

^d Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; TENOFOVIR;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIARDIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECATORIASIS; PARASITE LOAD; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; UGANDAN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; HELMINTH; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 85020380866     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005634     Document Type: Article

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