HIV/AIDS
Reports Summarize HIV/AIDS Research from C. Massone and Co-Authors
Published in AIDS Weekly, August 29th, 2011
2011 AUG 29 -- According to the authors of a study from Bauru, Brazil, "An increase in leprosy among HIV patients, similar to that observed in patients with TB, was expected approximately 20 years ago. Studies conducted in the 1990s together with those reported recently seemed to indicate that a coinfection with HIV did not alter the incidence and the clinical spectrum of leprosy and that each disease progressed as a single infection."
"By contrast, in countries with a high seroprevalence of HIV, TB was noted to increase. Explanations may be provided by the differences in the incubation time, the biology and toxicity of Mycobacterium leprae and...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2011-08-29)
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