HIV/AIDS-Malaria Coinfection
No significant interaction found between any malaria category and HIV serostatus
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 8th, 2005
In a recent report, researchers in England conducted a study to "investigate the effects of malaria parasitemia and clinical malaria on mortality in HIV seropositive and seronegative adults. A cohort of adults in rural Uganda were followed from 1990 to 1998."
"Participants attended routine clinic visits every 3 months and also when sick (interim visits). Information was collected on HIV serostatus, history of fever, current fever and malaria parasite levels.
"Malaria was categorized as any parasitemia, significant parasitemia ({{>=}}1.25x106...
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