title: Simulium neavei-transmitted onchocerciasis: HIV infection increases severity of onchocercal skin disease in a small sample of patients.
abstract: Onchocercal skin disease was measured in 72 onchocerciasis patients from western Uganda, where Simulium neavei is the main transmitting vector of Onchocerca volvulus. The onchocerciasis patients who were HIV-positive had a higher onchocercal skin score compared with those who were HIV-negative (33.7 vs. 19.4, P < 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. walter.kipp@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kipp
authors.forename: Jotham
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bamuhiiga
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rubaale
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017181:Onchocerca volvulus; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012843:Simuliidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission