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December 8, 2006
Malaria Fuels HIV Infections
Malaria boosts HIV viral load in people infected with both diseases, making them more likely to pass on HIV and possibly helping to fuel the epidemic across Africa, according to a new report in Science. Also, people with HIV are more susceptible to becoming infected with malaria.