Open AccessTropical Parasitic Infections in Individuals Infected With HIV
Author(s) -
Emily E. Evans,
Mark J. Siedner
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
current tropical medicine reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 2196-3045
DOI - 10.1007/s40475-017-0130-6
Subject(s) - neglected tropical diseases , immunology , tropical disease , epidemiology , medical microbiology , transmission (telecommunications) , malaria , disease , parasitic disease , tropical medicine , medicine , biology , environmental health , intensive care medicine , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering
Neglected tropical diseases share both geographic and socio-behavioral epidemiological risk factors with HIV infection. In this literature review, we describe interactions between parasitic diseases and HIV infection, with a focus on the impact of parasitic infections on HIV infection risk and disease progression, and the impact of HIV infection on clinical characteristics of tropical parasitic infections. We limit our review to tropical parasitic infections of the greatest public health burden, and exclude discussion of classic HIV-associated opportunistic infections that have been well reviewed elsewhere.