• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02727-6
Corpus ID: 19776584

Effect of HIV-1 and increasing immunosuppression on malaria parasitaemia and clinical episodes in adults in rural Uganda: a cohort study

@article{Whitworth2000EffectOH,
  title={Effect of HIV-1 and increasing immunosuppression on malaria parasitaemia and clinical episodes in adults in rural Uganda: a cohort study},
  author={J. Whitworth and D. Morgan and M. Quigley and A. Smith and A. Ojwiya},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2000},
  volume={356},
  pages={1051-1056}
}

J. Whitworth, D. Morgan, +2 authors A. Ojwiya

Published 2000

Medicine

The Lancet

BACKGROUND An association between HIV-1 and malaria is expected in theory, but has not been convincingly shown in practice. We studied the effects of HIV-1 infection and advancing immunosuppression on falciparum parasitaemia and clinical malaria. METHODS HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-negative adults selected from a population-based cohort in rural Uganda were invited to attend a clinic every 3 months (routine visits) and whenever they were sick (interim visits). At each visit, information was… CONTINUE READING

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