High Prevalence of Persistent Parasitic Infections in Foreign-Born, HIV-Infected Persons in the United States

Natasha S. Hochberg; Ruth N. Moro; Anandi N. Sheth; Susan P. Montgomery; Frank Steurer; Isabel T. McAuliffe; Yun F. Wang; Wendy Armstrong; Hilda N. Rivera; Jeffrey L. Lennox; Carlos Franco-Paredes

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001034

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High Prevalence of Persistent Parasitic Infections in Foreign-Born, HIV-Infected Persons in the United States

Natasha S. Hochberg ,

* E-mail: nhoch@bu.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Ruth N. Moro,

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Anandi N. Sheth,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Susan P. Montgomery,

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Frank Steurer,

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Isabel T. McAuliffe,

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Yun F. Wang,

Affiliations Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Wendy Armstrong,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Hilda N. Rivera,

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Jeffrey L. Lennox,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Carlos Franco-Paredes

Affiliations Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico
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High Prevalence of Persistent Parasitic Infections in Foreign-Born, HIV-Infected Persons in the United States

Natasha S. Hochberg,
Ruth N. Moro,
Anandi N. Sheth,
Susan P. Montgomery,
Frank Steurer,
Isabel T. McAuliffe,
Yun F. Wang,
Wendy Armstrong,
Hilda N. Rivera,
Jeffrey L. Lennox

Published: April 12, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001034

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