Open AccessPlasma folate studies in HIV-positive patients at the Lagos university teaching hospital, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Alani S Akanmu,
Vincent Oluseye Osunkalu,
Adewumi Adediran,
A Adeyemo Titilope,
Ernest Onogu,
Akinde Ralph,
Coker Hab
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.74995
Subject(s) - medicine , anemia , hemoglobin , etiology , viral load , gastroenterology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , venous blood , folic acid , immunology
In various studies globally, the prevalence of anemia in persons with HIV infection range from 10 to 20% at initial presentation, and anemia is diagnosed in 70 to 80% of these patients over the course of HIV disease. The etiology of anemia in this group of patients has not been fully established, thus a need to evaluate the role of plasma folate as a possible etiological factor.