Simulium neavei-transmitted onchocerciasis: HIV infection increases severity of onchocercal skin disease in a small sample of patients

Walter Kipp; Jotham Bamuhiiga; Tom Rubaale

doi:10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90157-x

Simulium neavei-transmitted onchocerciasis: HIV infection increases severity of onchocercal skin disease in a small sample of patients

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003 May-Jun;97(3):310-1. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90157-x.

Authors

Walter Kipp¹, Jotham Bamuhiiga, Tom Rubaale

Affiliation

¹ Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. walter.kipp@ualberta.ca

PMID: 15228250
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90157-x

Abstract

Onchocercal skin disease was measured in 72 onchocerciasis patients from western Uganda, where Simulium neavei is the main transmitting vector of Onchocerca volvulus. The onchocerciasis patients who were HIV-positive had a higher onchocercal skin score compared with those who were HIV-negative (33.7 vs. 19.4, P < 0.001).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Child
Female
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Insect Vectors / parasitology*
Male
Middle Aged
Onchocerca volvulus
Onchocerciasis / complications*
Onchocerciasis / pathology
Onchocerciasis / transmission
Severity of Illness Index
Simuliidae / parasitology*
Skin Diseases, Parasitic / complications*
Skin Diseases, Parasitic / pathology
Skin Diseases, Parasitic / transmission