Role of Mannose-Binding Lectin Deficiency in HIV-1 and Schistosoma Infections in a Rural Adult Population in Zimbabwe

• Rutendo B. L. Zinyama-Gutsire ,

  * E-mail: gutsirerbl@yahoo.com

  Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe, Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Harare, Zimbabwe, Letten Research Foundation, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Charles Chasela,

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Hans O. Madsen,

  Affiliation Tissue typing Laboratory, Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Simbarashe Rusakaniko,

  Affiliations Letten Research Foundation, Harare, Zimbabwe, University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Per Kallestrup,

  Affiliation Centre for Global Health, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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• Michael Christiansen,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology and Genetics, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Exnevia Gomo,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Henrik Ullum,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Christian Erikstrup,

  Affiliation Tissue typing Laboratory, Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Shungu Munyati,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Edith N. Kurewa,

  Affiliations Letten Research Foundation, Harare, Zimbabwe, University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Babill Stray-Pedersen,

  Affiliations Division of Women and Children, Rigshospitalet Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, and Letten Research Foundation, Harare, Zimbabwe, University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Peter Garred,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Takafira Mduluza

  Affiliation University of Zimbabwe, Biochemistry Department, Harare, Zimbabwe, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

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