Helminth-Associated Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Co-receptor Expression: Response to Albendazole/Praziquantel Treatment

Mkunde Chachage; Lilli Podola; Petra Clowes; Anthony Nsojo; Asli Bauer; Onesmo Mgaya; Dickens Kowour; Guenter Froeschl; Leonard Maboko; Michael Hoelscher; Elmar Saathoff; Christof Geldmacher

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002755

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Helminth-Associated Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Co-receptor Expression: Response to Albendazole/Praziquantel Treatment

Mkunde Chachage ,

* E-mail: mchachage@nimr-mmrc.org

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Lilli Podola,

Affiliations National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Petra Clowes,

Affiliations National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Anthony Nsojo,

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Asli Bauer,

Affiliations National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Onesmo Mgaya,

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Dickens Kowour,

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Guenter Froeschl,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Leonard Maboko,

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)-Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania
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Michael Hoelscher,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
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Elmar Saathoff,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
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Christof Geldmacher

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Munich, Germany
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Helminth-Associated Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Co-receptor Expression: Response to Albendazole/Praziquantel Treatment

Mkunde Chachage,
Lilli Podola,
Petra Clowes,
Anthony Nsojo,
Asli Bauer,
Onesmo Mgaya,
Dickens Kowour,
Guenter Froeschl,
Leonard Maboko,
Michael Hoelscher

Published: March 27, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002755

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