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August 05, 2016

'Elephantiasis' virus may boost AIDS risk: study
Paris (AFP) Aug 2, 2016
People infected with a common parasitic worm may be twice as likely to acquire the HIV virus that causes AIDS, a field study from Tanzania reported Wednesday. The parasite, Wuchereria bancrofti, is found in many areas in Africa where HIV infection rates are high, and can cause elephantiasis, a disease that horribly deforms the limbs and other parts of the body. Also endemic in Asia, the western Pacific and parts of the Caribbean and South America, the parasite has infected 120 million people wor ... read more

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