Should we care about Plasmodium vivax and HIV co-infection? A systematic review and a cases series from the Brazilian Amazon.
Paola López Del-TejoNadia Cubas-VegaCecilia Caraballo-GuerraBernardo Maia da SilvaJefferson da Silva ValenteVanderson Souza SampaioDjane Clarys Baia-da-SilvaDaniel Barros CastroFlor Ernestina Martinez-EspinosaAndré Machado SiqueiraMarcus Vinícius Guimarães LacerdaWuelton Marcelo MonteiroFernando Fonseca Almeida ValPublished in: Malaria journal (2021)
Reports of HIV/PvCo are scarce in the literature, with only a few studies describing clinical and laboratory outcomes. Systematic screening for both co-infections is not routinely performed, and therefore the real prevalence of HIV/PvCo is unknown. This study showed a low prevalence of HIV/PvCo despite the high prevalence of malaria and HIV locally. Even though relatively small, this is the largest case series to describe HIV/PvCo.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- healthcare
- south africa
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- palliative care
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- chronic pain
- quality improvement
- insulin resistance
- skeletal muscle