Open AccessIncreased Prevalence of Severe Malaria in HIV-Infected Adults in South Africa
Author(s) -
Cheryl Cohen,
Alan Karstaedt,
John Frean,
Juno Thomas,
Nelesh P. Govender,
Elizabeth Prentice,
Leigh Dini,
Jeffrey E. Galpin,
H. H. Crewe-Brown
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/498023
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , serostatus , odds ratio , immunology , plasmodium falciparum , prospective cohort study , parasitemia , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Conflicting reports exist regarding the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the risk of severe malaria. We aimed to assess the effect of HIV infection status, advancing immunosuppression, and antimalarial immunity on the severity of malaria.
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