HIV/AIDS

Research Results from C.S. Meira and Colleagues Update Understanding of HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 21st, 2011

2011 NOV 21 -- "Cerebral toxoplasmosis is the most common neurologic opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients. Excretory secretory antigens (ESA) are the majority of the circulating antigens in sera from hosts with acute toxoplasmosis, and their usefulness as antigens has been shown," investigators in Sao Paulo, Brazil report.

"This study considered whether it could find anti-ESA antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and whether these antibodies can be markers of active infection. Samples of CSF from 270 HIV-infected patients were analyzed and divided into 3 groups according to the presence or absence of active toxoplasmosis. Group I: 99 patients...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2011-11-21)

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