Real-Time PCR in HIV/Trypanosoma cruzi Coinfection with and without Chagas Disease Reactivation: Association with HIV Viral Load and CD4⁺ Level

• Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil

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• Sheila Cristina Vicente da Silva,

  Affiliations Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Immunology, Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Ana Marli Sartori,

  Affiliation Division of Clinics of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Rita Cristina Bezerra,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitology, Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Elizabeth Visone Nunes Westphalen,

  Affiliation Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Tatiane Decaris Molina,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil

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• Antonio R. L. Teixeira,

  Affiliation Laboratório Multidisciplinar de Pesquisa em Doença de Chagas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

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• Karim Yaqub Ibrahim,

  Affiliation Division of Clinics of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Maria Aparecida Shikanai-Yasuda

  * E-mail: masyasuda@yahoo.com.br

  Affiliations Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil, Laboratory of Immunology, Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

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