Natural transmission of Plasmodium berghei exacerbates chronic tuberculosis in an experimental co-infection model.

Human populations are rarely exposed to one pathogen alone. Particularly in high incidence regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, concurrent infections with more than one pathogen represent a widely underappreciated public health problem. Two of the world's most notorious killers, malaria and tube...

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Main Authors: Ann-Kristin Mueller, Jochen Behrends, Kristine Hagens, Jacqueline Mahlo, Ulrich E Schaible, Bianca E Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3482195?pdf=render