[afro-nets] ARVs, Antibiotic, ITNs Could Reduce Malaria (2)

[Philip Coticelli <pcoticelli@gmail.com>]

ARVs, Antibiotic, ITNs Could Reduce Malaria (2)
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FYI, a comment on this malaria (the relationship between AIDS
and malaria in Africa) by a colleague, Dr. Donald Roberts, who
is an epidemiologist at the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences (USA):

"Only a subpopulation of people with HIV infections have ma-
laria. Across most African populations only small subpopulations
of people have HIV infections. In many areas of Africa large
subpopulations of people have malaria infections and these in-
fections occur independent of the HIV infections. Basically re-
sults described in the paper are applicable to only a small sub-
population of those at risk of malaria infections. Malaria kills
mostly children and most children do not have AIDS. So, while
the paper reads as a new and exciting solution, it actually has
restricted application. Still, it is an interesting paper."

Philip Coticelli
mailto:pcoticelli@gmail.com