High seroprevalence of Leishmania infantum is linked to immune activation in people with HIV: a two-stage cross-sectional study in Bahia, Brazil

High seroprevalence of Leishmania infantum is linked to immune activation in people with HIV: a two-stage cross-sectional study in Bahia, Brazil

Visceral leishmaniasis is an opportunistic disease in HIV-1 infected individuals, unrecognized as a determining factor for AIDS diagnosis. The growing geographical overlap of HIV-1 and Leishmania infections is an emerging challenge worldwide, as co-infection increases morbidity and mortality for bot...

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Main Authors: Laise de Moraes, Luciane Amorim Santos, Liã Bárbara Arruda, Maria da Purificação Pereira da Silva, Márcio de Oliveira Silva, José Adriano Góes Silva, André Ramos, Marcos Bastos dos Santos, Felipe Guimarães Torres, Cibele Orge, Antonio Marcos dos Santos Teixeira, Thiago Santos Vieira, Laura Ramírez, Manuel Soto, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa, Bruno de Bezerril Andrade, Kevan Akrami, Camila Indiani de Oliveira, Viviane Sampaio Boaventura, Manoel Barral-Netto, Aldina Barral, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Johan Van Weyenbergh, Ricardo Khouri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
HIV-1
Leishmania infantum
visceral leishmaniasis
immune activation
hostpathogen interaction
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1221682/full

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