Malaria and HIV: Interplay of Risk.

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  • Author(s): Tenenbaum, David J.
  • Source:
    Environmental Health Perspectives. Apr2004, Vol. 112 Issue 5, pA274-A274. 2/3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      SEXUALLY transmitted diseases; HIV infections; NEWBORN infants; MALARIA; PLACENTA; EOSIN; IMMUNE response
    • Abstract:
      Examines whether controlling sexually transmitted diseases in Ugandan women would lower the rate of HIV infection on newborn. Analysis of the relationship between the presence of malaria parasites in the placenta and the risk of HIV infection in the newborn; Use of hematoxylin-eosin stain to test the placenta; Complexity in the balance between the immune response against malaria and the degree of immune suppression by HIV.