Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Ugandan Men Is Associated with Increased Abundance and Function of HIV Target Cells in Blood, but Not the Foreskin: A Cross-sectional Study

Jessica L. Prodger; Aloysious Ssemaganda; Ali Ssetaala; Paul K. Kitandwe; Enoch Muyanja; Juliet Mpendo; Annet Nanvubya; Mathias Wambuzi; Leslie Nielsen; Noah Kiwanuka; Rupert Kaul

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004067

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Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Ugandan Men Is Associated with Increased Abundance and Function of HIV Target Cells in Blood, but Not the Foreskin: A Cross-sectional Study

Jessica L. Prodger ,

* E-mail: prodge1@jhu.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Aloysious Ssemaganda,

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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Ali Ssetaala,

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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Paul K. Kitandwe,

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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Enoch Muyanja,

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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Juliet Mpendo,

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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Annet Nanvubya,

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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Mathias Wambuzi,

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda
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Leslie Nielsen,

Affiliations Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America
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Noah Kiwanuka,

Affiliations Uganda Virus Research Institute-International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV Vaccine Program, Entebbe, Uganda, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Rupert Kaul

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Ugandan Men Is Associated with Increased Abundance and Function of HIV Target Cells in Blood, but Not the Foreskin: A Cross-sectional Study

Jessica L. Prodger,
Aloysious Ssemaganda,
Ali Ssetaala,
Paul K. Kitandwe,
Enoch Muyanja,
Juliet Mpendo,
Annet Nanvubya,
Mathias Wambuzi,
Leslie Nielsen,
Noah Kiwanuka

Published: September 3, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004067

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