Background conditions explain the rapid progression of HIV in rural Africa

Disease progression associated with infection with HIV seems to be rapid in rural Africa. However, this is most likely to be due to the high prevalence of conditions in the general population that could be taken for the symptoms and signs of infection with HIV-1. Morgan and colleagues (p 193) found that even though these conditions were more common in people infected with HIV-1, they were also common in uninfected controls.


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Progression to symptomatic disease in people infected with HIV-1 in rural Uganda: prospective cohort study • Commentary: Virus, host, or environment?
Dilys Morgan, Cedric Mahe, Billy Mayanja, James A G Whitworth, and Peter H Kilmarx
BMJ 2002 324: 193-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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