Open AccessPlasmodium falciparum and intestinal parasitic co-infections in HIV-infected patients in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Frederick Olusegun Akinbo,
Christopher Ehis Okaka,
Richard Omoregie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.1889
Subject(s) - plasmodium falciparum , ascaris lumbricoides , immunology , malaria , medicine , risk factor , biology , gastroenterology , helminths
Human co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum and helminthes is ubiquitous throughout Africa. This study aimed to determine the co-infections of Plasmodium falciparum infection in HIV and intestinal parasitic infections, and their immunological distribution, in Benin City, Nigeria.
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