The Association Between Malaria, Blood Transfusions, and HIV Seropositivity in a Pediatric Population in Kinshasa, Zaire

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 545-549

  Greenberg, Alan E ^a   Nguyen Dinh, Phuc ^a   Mann, Jonathan M ^b   Kabote, Ndoko ^e   Colebunders, Robert L ^b   Francis, Henry ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^b   Baudoux, Paola ^c   Lyamba, Bongo ^c   Davachi, Farzin ^c   Roberts, Jacquelin M ^d   Kabeya, Ngandu ^e   Curran, James W ^f   Campbell, Carlos C ^a  

^a Malaria Branch ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Laboratory of Immunoregulation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health ^*  (United States)

^d Division of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

^e Division of Parasitic Diseases ^*  (United States)

^f Ministry of Public Health and Social Affairs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0024294172     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03720040037023     Document Type: Article

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