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Prevalence of latent and reactivated Toxoplasma gondii parasites in HIV-patients from Uganda.
Acta tropica - 1 Dec 2006
Lindström Irene, Kaddu-Mulindwa Deogratias H, Kironde Fred, Lindh Johan
Abstract excerpt
Untreated Toxoplasma gondii-infections are often fatal in AIDS-patients. Many African countries struck hard by HIV/AIDS exhibit a high seroprevalence of T. gondii, but the rate of reactivated parasites among African HIV-patients has never previously been determined. In this study, IgG-agglutination and PCR was used to analyse blood samples from 130 HIV-positive patients in Uganda. Anti-T. gondii antibodies were...
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