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We used data from a large cross\u2010sectional study to investigate whether <jats:italic>Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic> infection is associated with increased <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> prevalence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We conducted a household survey of residents in island fishing communities in Mukono district, Uganda, between October 2012 and July 2013. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> status was assessed using rapid test kits. Kato\u2010Katz (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KK<\/jats:styled-content>) stool tests and urine\u2010circulating cathodic antigen (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CCA<\/jats:styled-content>) were used to test for <jats:italic>Schistosoma<\/jats:italic> infection. Multivariable logistic regression, allowing for the survey design, was used to investigate the association between <jats:italic>S.\u00a0mansoni<\/jats:italic> infection and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> infection.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data from 1412 participants aged 13\u00a0years and older were analysed (mean age 30.3\u00a0years, 45% female). The prevalence of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> was 17.3%. Using the stool Kato\u2010Katz technique on a single sample, <jats:italic>S.\u00a0mansoni<\/jats:italic> infection was detected in 57.2% (719\/1257) of participants; urine <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CCA<\/jats:styled-content> was positive in 73.8% (478\/650) of those tested. <jats:italic>S.\u00a0mansoni<\/jats:italic> infection was not associated with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> infection. [<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KK<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">aOR<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0=\u00a01.04; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 0.74\u20131.47, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.81), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CCA<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">aOR<\/jats:styled-content>\u00a0=\u00a01.53; 95% <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CI<\/jats:styled-content>: 0.78\u20133.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.19)]. The median <jats:italic>S.\u00a0mansoni<\/jats:italic> egg count per gram was lower in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010positive participants (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.005).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These results add to the evidence that <jats:italic>S.\u00a0mansoni<\/jats:italic> has little effect on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HIV<\/jats:styled-content> transmission, but may influence egg excretion.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/tmi.12545","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,5,15]],"date-time":"2015-05-15T11:38:26Z","timestamp":1431689906000},"page":"1201-1208","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["<i>Schistosoma mansoni<\/i> and <scp>HIV<\/scp> infection in a Ugandan population with high <scp>HIV<\/scp> and helminth prevalence"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Richard E.","family":"Sanya","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Research Council\/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS Entebbe Uganda"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lawrence","family":"Muhangi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Research Council\/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS Entebbe Uganda"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Margaret","family":"Nampijja","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Research Council\/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS Entebbe Uganda"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victoria","family":"Nannozi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Makerere University Joint AIDS Programme Kampala Uganda"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Prossy Kabuubi","family":"Nakawungu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Research Council\/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS Entebbe Uganda"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elson","family":"Abayo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Entebbe General Hospital Entebbe Uganda"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emily L.","family":"Webb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"London School of Hygiene &amp; 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