Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with Higher CD4 T Cell Counts and Lower HIV-1 Viral Loads in ART-Naïve HIV-Positive Patients in Ghana

Fred Stephen Sarfo; Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt; Albert Dompreh; Edmund Osei Kuffour; Mareike Soltau; Marei Schachscheider; Jan Felix Drexler; Anna Maria Eis-Hübinger; Dieter Häussinger; Emelia Efua Oteng-Seifah; George Bedu-Addo; Richard Odame Phillips; Betty Norman; Gerd Burchard; Torsten Feldt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143388

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Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with Higher CD4 T Cell Counts and Lower HIV-1 Viral Loads in ART-Naïve HIV-Positive Patients in Ghana

Fred Stephen Sarfo,

Affiliations Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt,

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Albert Dompreh,

Affiliation Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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Edmund Osei Kuffour,

Affiliation Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Mareike Soltau,

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Marei Schachscheider,

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Jan Felix Drexler,

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany
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Anna Maria Eis-Hübinger,

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany
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Dieter Häussinger,

Affiliation Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Emelia Efua Oteng-Seifah,

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Kumasi, Ghana
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George Bedu-Addo,

Affiliations Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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Richard Odame Phillips,

Affiliations Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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Betty Norman,

Affiliations Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
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Gerd Burchard,

Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Torsten Feldt

* E-mail: Torsten.Feldt@med.uni-duesseldorf.de

Affiliations Clinical Research Unit, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Helicobacter pylori Infection Is Associated with Higher CD4 T Cell Counts and Lower HIV-1 Viral Loads in ART-Naïve HIV-Positive Patients in Ghana

Fred Stephen Sarfo,
Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt,
Albert Dompreh,
Edmund Osei Kuffour,
Mareike Soltau,
Marei Schachscheider,
Jan Felix Drexler,
Anna Maria Eis-Hübinger,
Dieter Häussinger,
Emelia Efua Oteng-Seifah

Published: November 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143388

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