Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

8 questions · 8 findings · 1 reviews · Infectious Diseases

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 37.5%Low 5 · 62.5%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Viral load · HIV‐positive people

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 166 participants
Low

CD4+ cell count · HIV‐positive people

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 917 participants
Low

Viral load · HIV‐positive people with proven helminth infection

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 445 participants
Low

CD4+ cell count · HIV‐positive people with proven helminth infection

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 358 participants
Low

Iron deficiency (serum ferritin) · HIV‐positive people

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 16 participants
Very low

Anaemia (serum haemoglobin) · HIV‐positive people

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 130 participants
Very low

Mortality · HIV‐positive people

The intervention showed no clear difference in mortality (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.77 [0.52, 1.14]
5 studies · 1627 participants
Low

Adverse events · HIV‐positive people

It is very uncertain whether the intervention changes adverse events (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antihelminthics in helminth‐endemic areas: effects on HIV disease progression 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.23 [0.53, 2.83]
7 studies · 1649 participants
Very low