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HIV/AIDS
Research from University of Zambia, Medical Department provides new data about HIV/AIDS
April 28th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal BMC Gastroenterology, "The HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has had a major impact on infectious disease, and there is currently great interest in the impact of HIV on intestinal barrier function. A three year longitudinal cohort study in a shanty compound in Lusaka, Zambia, carried out before anti-retroviral therapy was widely available, was used to assess the impact of HIV on susceptibility to intestinal infectious disease." "We measured the incidence and seasonality of intestinal infection and diarrhoea, aggregation of disease in susceptible individuals, clustering by co-habitation and genetic...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-28)
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