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Malaria and HIV/AIDS are among the principal causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in resource international community’s efforts to reduce incidence and prevalence of these diseas a global public health problem. Clinical manifestations of malaria may be more severe in HIV infected patients, which have higher risks of severe malaria and malaria related death. Co pregnant women, children and international trav higher risk of clinical complications. However, there is a paucity and conflicting data regarding malaria and HIV co-infection, particularly on how HIV infection can modify the response to antimalarial drugs and about drug based combined regimens. Moreover, consulting HIV physicians specialized in HIV care and travel medicine should prescribe an adequate chemoprophylaxis in patients travelling towards malaria endemic areas and pay attention on interactions between antiretrovirals and antimalarial prophylaxis drugs in order to prevent clinical complications of this co-infection. This review aims to evaluate the availa in adults providing a critical comprehensive review of nowadays knowledge. Introduction. Malaria is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in tropical regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South The disease is caused by an infection sustained by a parasite of the genus Plasmodium; five species of Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae and P. knowlesi) can infect human and among these species, P. falciparum infection may be fatal. www.mjhid.org ISSN 2035-3006 hen the Parasite Runs into the Virus . Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases Tel: +39.030.3995677; Fax: +39.030.303061 d that no competing interests exist. 2, 4(1): e2012032, DOI: 10.4084/MJHID.2012.032 ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,