Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Oct;79(4):558-60.

Filarial/human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in urban southern India.

Talaat KR, Kumarasamy N, Swaminathan S, Gopinath R, Nutman TB.

Source

Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. ktalaat@jhsph.edu

Abstract

The disease course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is often altered by existing or newly acquired coinfections. Treatment or prevention of these concomitant infections often improves the quality and duration of life of HIV-infected persons. The impact of helminth infections on infections with HIV is less clear. However, HIV is frequently most problematic in areas where helminth infections are common. In advance of the widespread distribution of drugs for elimination of lymphatic filariasis, we assessed the prevalence of active Wuchereria bancrofti infection among HIV-positive patients in Chennai, India at two time points separated by four years. We found that the overall prevalence of W. bancrofti infections among HIV-positive persons was 5-9.5%, and there were no quantitative differences in circulating filarial antigen levels between HIV-positive and HIV-negative filarial-infected patients.

PMID:: 18840744; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID:: PMC2596056

Free PMC Article

Images from this publication.See all images (1) Free text

Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Substances, Grant Support

Publication Types

Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH Terms

Substances

Antigens, Helminth

Grant Support

Z99 AI999999/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Medical

HIV/AIDS - MedlinePlus Health Information

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Border and imported bancroftian filariases: baseline seroprevalence in sentinel populations exposed to infections with Wuchereria bancrofti and concomitant HIV at the start of diethylcarbamazine mass treatment in Thailand. [Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub...]
Border and imported bancroftian filariases: baseline seroprevalence in sentinel populations exposed to infections with Wuchereria bancrofti and concomitant HIV at the start of diethylcarbamazine mass treatment in Thailand.
Bhumiratana A, Koyadun S, Srisuphanunt M, Satitvipawee P, Limpairojn N, Gaewchaiyo G. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2005 Mar; 36(2):390-407.
Transplacental transfer of filarial antigens from Wuchereria bancrofti-infected mothers to their offspring. [Parasitology. 2010]
Transplacental transfer of filarial antigens from Wuchereria bancrofti-infected mothers to their offspring.
Bal MS, Mandal NN, DAS MK, Kar SK, Sarangi SS, Beuria MK. Parasitology. 2010 Apr; 137(4):669-73. Epub 2009 Oct 23.
Coincident filarial, intestinal helminth, and mycobacterial infection: helminths fail to influence tuberculin reactivity, but BCG influences hookworm prevalence. [Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006]
Coincident filarial, intestinal helminth, and mycobacterial infection: helminths fail to influence tuberculin reactivity, but BCG influences hookworm prevalence.
Lipner EM, Gopi PG, Subramani R, Kolappan C, Sadacharam K, Kumaran P, Prevots DR, Narayanan PR, Nutman TB, Kumaraswami V. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 May; 74(5):841-7.
Review Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis: perspectives on acute and chronic infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in South India. [Parasite Immunol. 2001]
Review Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis: perspectives on acute and chronic infection with Wuchereria bancrofti in South India.
Nutman TB, Kumaraswami V. Parasite Immunol. 2001 Jul; 23(7):389-99.
Review DNA-based diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis. [Southeast Asian J Trop Med Pub...]
Review DNA-based diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis.
Nuchprayoon S. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2009 Sep; 40(5):904-13.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 1 PubMed Central article

Decreased prevalence of lymphatic filariasis among diabetic subjects associated with a diminished pro-inflammatory cytokine response (CURES 83). [PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010]
Decreased prevalence of lymphatic filariasis among diabetic subjects associated with a diminished pro-inflammatory cytokine response (CURES 83).
Aravindhan V, Mohan V, Surendar J, Muralidhara Rao M, Pavankumar N, Deepa M, Rajagopalan R, Kumaraswami V, Nutman TB, Babu S. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Jun 15; 4(6):e707. Epub 2010 Jun 15.

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
References for this PMC Article
Citation referenced in PubMed article. Only valid for PubMed citations that are also in PMC.
Free in PMC
Free full text articles in PMC
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Filarial/human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in urban southern India.
Filarial/human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in urban southern India.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Oct ;79(4):558-60.

PubMed
Thyroid function and structure are affected in childhood obesity.
Thyroid function and structure are affected in childhood obesity.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Dec ;93(12):4749-54. Epub 2008 Oct 7 .

PubMed
ICU outcomes in adult cardiac surgery patients in relation to ultrafiltration ty...
ICU outcomes in adult cardiac surgery patients in relation to ultrafiltration type.
Perfusion. 2008 Mar ;23(2):79-87.

PubMed
Correct assessment of new compounds using in vivo screening models can reduce fa...
Correct assessment of new compounds using in vivo screening models can reduce false positives.
Drug Discov Today. 2009 Jan ;14(1-2):89-94. Epub 2008 Oct 22 .

PubMed
The comorbidity of autism with the genomic disorders of chromosome 15q11.2-q13.
The comorbidity of autism with the genomic disorders of chromosome 15q11.2-q13.
Neurobiol Dis. 2010 May ;38(2):181-91. Epub 2008 Sep 18 .

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to: