Should we care about Plasmodium vivax and HIV co-infection? A systematic review and a cases series from the Brazilian Amazon

Should we care about Plasmodium vivax and HIV co-infection? A systematic review and a cases series from the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract Background Malaria and HIV are two important public health issues. However, evidence on HIV-Plasmodium vivax co-infection (HIV/PvCo) is scarce, with most of the available information related to Plasmodium falciparum on the African continent. It is unclear whether HIV can change the clinical...

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Main Authors: Paola López Del-Tejo, Nadia Cubas-Vega, Cecilia Caraballo-Guerra, Bernardo Maia da Silva, Jefferson da Silva Valente, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva, Daniel Barros Castro, Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espinosa, André Machado Siqueira, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Fernando Val
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Plasmodium vivax
HIV
Co-infection
Systematic review
Epidemiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03518-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03518-9

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