A cross sectional seroprevalence study of Bartonella quintana and Bartonella henselae among patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Iran
Mina Latifian, Malihe Hasannezhad, Ladan Abbasian, Zahra Tahmasebi Ashtiani, Mina Arabian, Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri, Saber Esmaeili · 2026
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Mina Latifian and co-authors measure how many patients with HIV in Iran carry antibodies to two Bartonella bacteria. One species spreads from animals, and the other passes between people through body lice. Both can cause a wide range of illness, above all in people with weak immune systems. The study covers 200 people: 97 with HIV, 53 with AIDS, and 50 healthy controls.
Using a fluorescence antibody test, the team finds IgG antibodies in 24 percent of participants for one species and 22 percent for the other. IgM rates in a smaller subset run near 19 and 23 percent. Rates for the louse-borne species do not differ across the three groups. A history of drug abuse more than triples the odds of a positive result for that species. The authors also probe which other factors link to carrying antibodies.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mina Latifian, Malihe Hasannezhad, Ladan Abbasian, Zahra Tahmasebi Ashtiani, Mina Arabian, Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri, Saber Esmaeili |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |