Malaria care-seeking behaviour among HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in South-Eastern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study.

Malaria care-seeking behaviour among HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral treatment in South-Eastern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study.

This study assesses malaria prevention and treatment behaviour among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Owerri, South Eastern Nigeria. Although Nigeria bears one of the world's largest burdens of both malaria and HIV, there is almost no research studying how co-infected patients manage thei...

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Main Authors:	Uchechukwu M Chukwuocha, Gregory N Iwuoha, Geoffrey C Nwakwuo, Peter K Egbe, Chidinma D Ezeihekaibe, Christopher P Ekiyor, Ikechukwu N S Dozie, Sahai Burrowes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213742

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