CLINICAL COURSE OF ASCARIASIS IN HIV-INFECTED

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the problem of helminthiasis in HIV-infected patients. The authors present the study of features of asca- riasis as one of the commonest parasitic diseases against deep immune deficiency in HIV patients. The study demonstrates different kinds of ascariasis course and shows the main clinical symptoms of parasitic invasion. By specific examples the authors reveal that even with the constant use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) by HIV-infected patients, with low values of immune status and viral load, the addition of secondary parasitic invasion provokes a drop in the immune status. After anthelmintic treatment, the immune status of HIV-infected quickly restores to average values.