HIV, antiretroviral treatment, hypertension, and stroke in Malawian adults: A case-control study.

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Published in Neurology on December 18, 2015

Authors

Laura A Benjamin¹, Elizabeth L Corbett², Myles D Connor², Henry Mzinganjira², Sam Kampondeni², Augustine Choko², Mark Hopkins², Hedley C A Emsley², Alan Bryer², Brian Faragher², Robert S Heyderman², Theresa J Allain², Tom Solomon²

Author Affiliations

1: From the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (L.A.B., E.L.C., A.C., R.S.H.) and the Department of Medicine (L.A.B., H.M., S.K., R.S.H., T.J.A.), College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre; the Brain Infections Group (L.A.B., T.S.), Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool (L.A.B., H.C.A.E., T.S.); the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (L.A.B., T.S.), Liverpool; the Department of Clinical Research (E.L.C.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; the NHS Borders and Division of Clinical Neuroscience (M.D.C.), University of Edinburgh, UK; the School of Public Health (M.D.C.), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; the Royal Liverpool Hospital (M.H.); the Royal Preston Hospital (H.C.A.E.), Liverpool, UK; the Department of Medicine (A.B.), Division of Neurology, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa; the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (B.F.); the Division of Infection and Immunity (R.S.H.), University College London; and the National Institute for Health Research (T.S.), Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, UK. l.benjamin@liverpool.ac.uk.
2: From the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (L.A.B., E.L.C., A.C., R.S.H.) and the Department of Medicine (L.A.B., H.M., S.K., R.S.H., T.J.A.), College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre; the Brain Infections Group (L.A.B., T.S.), Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool (L.A.B., H.C.A.E., T.S.); the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust (L.A.B., T.S.), Liverpool; the Department of Clinical Research (E.L.C.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; the NHS Borders and Division of Clinical Neuroscience (M.D.C.), University of Edinburgh, UK; the School of Public Health (M.D.C.), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; the Royal Liverpool Hospital (M.H.); the Royal Preston Hospital (H.C.A.E.), Liverpool, UK; the Department of Medicine (A.B.), Division of Neurology, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa; the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (B.F.); the Division of Infection and Immunity (R.S.H.), University College London; and the National Institute for Health Research (T.S.), Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, UK.

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