HIV Infection, Malnutrition, and Invasive Bacterial Infection among Children with Severe Malaria
Author(s) -
James A. Berkley,
Philip Bejon,
Tabitha Mwangi,
Samson Gwer,
Kathryn Maitland,
Thomas N. Williams,
Shebe Mohammed,
Faith Osier,
Samson Kinyanjui,
Greg Fegan,
Brett Lowe,
Mike English,
Norbert Peshu,
Kevin Marsh,
Charles R. Newton
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.1086/600299
Subject(s) - malaria , malnutrition , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , plasmodium falciparum , immunology , disease , pediatrics , virology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, malnutrition, and invasive bacterial infection (IBI) are reported among children with severe malaria. However, it is unclear whether their cooccurrence with falciparum parasitization and severe disease happens by chance or by association among children in areas where malaria is endemic.
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