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An In vitro Co-infection Model to Study Plasmodium falciparum-HIV-1 Interactions in Human Primary Monocyte-derived Immune Cells
Published on: August 15, 2012
[Porphyria cutanea tarda and human immunodeficiency virus infection]
E Soriano1, M T Catalá, J Lacruz
1Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General La Fe, Valencia.
Abstract:
Recently, cases of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) have been reported associated with infection due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We presented the cases of three males, former ethanol users, and which have had previously a contact with the Hepatitis B virus. In one of the patients symptomatology appeared after treatment with zidovudine was begun. We suggest that HIV infection associated with other toxic or viral factors could contribute to the early development of a PCT latent until that moment.
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