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Decrease in Seminal HIV-1 RNA Load After Praziquantel Treatment of Urogenital Schistosomiasis Coinfection in HIV-Positive Men—An Observational Study

BACKGROUND: Urogenital schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma hematobium infection is hypothesized to cause increased HIV-1 RNA shedding in semen in HIV co-infected men as result of chronic egg-induced inflammation in the prostate and the seminal vesicles. The effect of treatment with the antihelminthic...

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Autores principales: Midzi, Nicholas, Mduluza, Takafira, Mudenge, Boniface, Foldager, Leslie, Leutscher, Peter D C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29181419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx199