Increased Severity and Mortality in Adults Co-Infected with Malaria and HIV in Maputo, Mozambique: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study
PLos ONE; 9 (2), 2014
Background: Co-infection with falciparum malaria and HIV-1 increases the severity and mortality of both infections in unstable malaria-transmission areas. In contrast, in stable transmission areas, HIV co-infection increases the severity of both infections but has not been found to influence malaria mort...
Plasmodium falciparum/isolation & purification, Coinfection/complications, Coinfection/epidemiology, Coinfection/mortality, HIV Infections/complications, HIV Infections/epidemiology, HIV Infections/mortality, HIV-1/isolation & purification, Malaria, Falciparum/complications, Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology, Malaria, Falciparum/mortality, Parasitemia/complications, Parasitemia/epidemiology, Parasitemia/mortality, Risk Factors, Prospective Studies, Mozambique/epidemiology