TY - JOUR AU - Schmidt, Veronika AU - Kositz, Christian AU - Herbinger, Karl-Heinz AU - Carabin, Hélène AU - Ngowi, Bernard AU - Naman, Ezra AU - Wilkins, Patricia P. AU - Noh, John AU - Matuja, William AU - Winkler, Andrea Sylvia PY - 2016 DA - 2016/12/01 TI - Association between Taenia solium infection and HIV/AIDS in northern Tanzania: a matched cross sectional-study JO - Infectious Diseases of Poverty SP - 111 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - The frequency of Taenia solium, a zoonotic helminth, is increasing in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, where the prevalence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is also high. However, little is known about how these two infections interact. The aim of this study was to compare the proportion of HIV positive (+) and negative (−) individuals who are infected with Taenia solium (TSOL) and who present with clinical and neurological manifestations of cysticercosis (CC). SN - 2049-9957 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-016-0209-7 DO - 10.1186/s40249-016-0209-7 ID - Schmidt2016 ER -