• DOI:10.1126/science.1132338
Corpus ID: 7862764

Dual Infection with HIV and Malaria Fuels the Spread of Both Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa

@article{AbuRaddad2006DualIW,
  title={Dual Infection with HIV and Malaria Fuels the Spread of Both Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa},
  author={L. Abu-Raddad and P. Patnaik and J. Kublin},
  journal={Science},
  year={2006},
  volume={314},
  pages={1603 - 1606}
}

L. Abu-Raddad, P. Patnaik, J. Kublin

Published 2006

Medicine

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Mounting evidence has revealed pathological interactions between HIV and malaria in dually infected patients, but the public health implications of the interplay have remained unclear. A transient almost one-log elevation in HIV viral load occurs during febrile malaria episodes; in addition, susceptibility to malaria is enhanced in HIV-infected patients. A mathematical model applied to a setting in Kenya with an adult population of roughly 200,000 estimated that, since 1980, the disease… CONTINUE READING

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