Increased HIV Incidence in Wuchereria bancrofti Microfilaria Positive Individuals in Tanzania.
Jonathan MnkaiManuel RitterLucas MagangaLeonard MabokoWillyhelmina OlomiPetra ClowesJessica MinichAgola Eric LeloDaniel KariukiAlexander Yaw DebrahChristof GeldmacherMichael HoelscherElmar SaathoffMkunde ChachageKenneth M PfarrAchim HoeraufInge KroidlPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
In the subgroup of MF-producing Wb-infected individuals, the HIV incidence exceeded the previously described moderate increased risk for HIV seen in all Wb-infected individuals (regardless of MF status) compared with uninfected persons from the same area.