Hookworm infection is associated with decreased CD4+ T cell counts in HIV-infected adult Ugandans

Bozena M. Morawski; Miya Yunus; Emmanuel Kerukadho; Grace Turyasingura; Logose Barbra; Andrew Mijumbi Ojok; Andrew R. DiNardo; Stefanie Sowinski; David R. Boulware; Rojelio Mejia

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005634

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Hookworm infection is associated with decreased CD4⁺ T cell counts in HIV-infected adult Ugandans

Bozena M. Morawski ,

* E-mail: bozena@umn.edu

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1655-6006

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Miya Yunus,

Affiliation The AIDS Support Organization, Kampala, Uganda
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Emmanuel Kerukadho,

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation, Kampala, Uganda
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Grace Turyasingura,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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Logose Barbra,

Affiliation The AIDS Support Organization, Kampala, Uganda
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Andrew Mijumbi Ojok,

Affiliation The AIDS Support Organization, Kampala, Uganda
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Andrew R. DiNardo,

Affiliation Division of Global and Immigrant Health, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Stefanie Sowinski,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, The Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
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David R. Boulware ,

Contributed equally to this work with: David R. Boulware, Rojelio Mejia

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
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Rojelio Mejia

Contributed equally to this work with: David R. Boulware, Rojelio Mejia

Affiliation Section of Tropical Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Hookworm infection is associated with decreased CD4⁺ T cell counts in HIV-infected adult Ugandans

Bozena M. Morawski,
Miya Yunus,
Emmanuel Kerukadho,
Grace Turyasingura,
Logose Barbra,
Andrew Mijumbi Ojok,
Andrew R. DiNardo,
Stefanie Sowinski,
David R. Boulware,
Rojelio Mejia

Published: May 25, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005634

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