Recall of intestinal helminthiasis by HIV-1-infected South Africans and rationalisation as to why analysis of possible consequences of worm/HIV-1 co-infection should not be based mainly on excretion of helminth eggs: a questionnaire-based study
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Recall of intestinal helminthiasis by HIV-infected South Africans and avoidance of possible misinterpretation of egg excretion in worm/HIV co-infection analyses
BACKGROUND Ascariasis and HIV/AIDS are often co-endemic under conditions of poverty in South Africa; and discordant immune responses to the respective infections could theoretically be affecting the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in various ways. It is well-known that sensitisation to helminthic antigens can aggravate or ameliorate several non-helminthic diseases and impair immunisation against cholera, ...
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