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Incidence rate of sexually transmitted infections among HIV infected patients on long-term ART in an urban and a rural clinic in Uganda
BACKGROUND: HIV immunosuppression increases susceptibility to other STIs and STIs can enhance HIV transmission, reduce CD4 cell count and increase viral load. Co-infections of HIV and STIs may thus reduce the preventive benefits of ART. Little is known about the incidence rate of STIs among long-ter...
Autores principales: | Okoboi, Stephen, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Moore, David M., Musaazi, Joseph, Kambugu, Andrew, Birungi, Josephine, Nanfuka, Mastula, Van Rie, Annelies |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6339266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30658611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6417-x |
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