Schistosomiasis treatment may be a cost-effective way to reduce HIV infections

Of the 34 million people worldwide with HIV, and the 200 million with schistosomiasis, the majority live in Africa- where millions of people are simultaneously infected with both diseases. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have shown that schistosomiasis infections are associated with increased HIV onward transmission, HIV acquisition in HIV negative women with urogenital ["]

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