Marcelino Lucas, Jacqueline Deen, Lorenz von Seidlein, Xuan-Yi Wang et al.
BACKGROUND: New-generation, orally administered cholera vaccines offer the promise of improved control of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in many cholera-affected African populations has raised doubts about the level of prot...
Lorenz von Seidlein, Xuanyi Wang, Arminda Macuamule, Catarina Mondlane et al.
OBJECTIVE: As residents of sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk for HIV and cholera, it is biologically plausible that immune suppression caused by HIV infection predisposes to cholera. Our aim was to assess the potential association between both diseases. METHODS: We conducted a case-control study i...