Comparative epidemiology of Ghanaian individuals with molecular proof of Entamoeba histolytica with and without concomitant human immunodeficiency virus infection
The study suggested a negative association of E. histolytica DNA detections with HIV-positivity and with the degree of HIV infection-associated immunosuppression.
Authors
- Veronica Di Cristanziano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1604-8386)
- Sascha Kahlfuß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8813-1061)
- Tafese Beyene Tufa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9505-9341)
- Shadrack Osei Asibey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4258-6885)
- Richard Boateng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-9136)
- Edmund Osei Kuffour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-055X)
- Kirsten Alexandra Eberhardt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1002-0326)
- Hagen Frickmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-9528)
- Andreas Erich Zautner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0984-013X)
- Albert Dompreh
- Fred Stephen Sarfo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-5093)
- Betty Norman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4075-5972)
- Torsten Feldt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6755-4492)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Bundeswehrkrankenhaus (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Rockefeller University (US)
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (DE)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1556/1886.2025.00030
- Primary Topic
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00