TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Fred Nuwaha
AU  -  Domenica Morona
AU  - Frances M Jones
AU  -  Angela Pinot de Moira
AU  - Safari M Kinung’hi
AU  -  Shona Wilson
AU  - David W Dunne
AU  - Humphrey D Mazigo
TI  - Co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) among residents of fishing villages of north-western Tanzania 
PY  - 2014////12/16
CY  - Mwanza
PB  -   Tanzania Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando]
N2  - Background: Co-infection with S. mansoni and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) has been described in sub-Saharan Africa. However, few community-based studies have been conducted to assess the association between the two diseases. The present study examined whether the infection with HIV-1 is associated with an altered susceptibility to S. mansoni infection by comparing the prevalence and intensity of S. mansoni infection among those infected and not infected with HIV-1. Any influence of HIV-1 associated immunodeficiency on the intensity of S. mansoni infection was also investigated.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,785 randomly selected adults (aged 21–55 years) in fishing villages of north-western Tanzania. Single stool samples were obtained and examined for S. mansoni eggs using the Kato Katz technique. Finger prick and venous blood samples were collected for …
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ER  -