Viral Coinfections among African Children Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Date
2003Author
Chakraborty, Rana
Rees, Gareth
Bourboulia, Dimitra
Cross, Alexandra M
Dixon, Jedediah R
D'Agostino, Angelo
Musoke, Rachel
Boshoff, Chris
Rowland-Jones, Sarah L.
Klenerman, Paul
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City-dwelling children from Kenya who were infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) were tested for coinfection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), human T cell lymphotropic viruses 1 and 2, Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), or hepatitis B, C, and G viruses. All children were found to be coinfected with CMV, whereas 5% had hepatitis G virus coinfection and 15% had KSHV coinfection. A protective role for hepatitis G virus cannot be excluded but likely affects only a minority of HIV-1-infected African children.
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Chakraborty, R., Rees, G., Bourboulia, D., Cross, A. M., Dixon, J. R., D'Agostino, A., ... & Klenerman, P. (2003). Viral coinfections among African children infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Clinical infectious diseases, 36(7), 922-924.Publisher
University Of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10387]