Infection with Pneumocystis carinii is prevalent in healthy Gambian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 800-802

  Wakefield, A E ^a   Stewart, T J ^a   Moxon, E R ^a   Marsh, K ^a   Hopkin, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLAND; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EUROPE; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; GAMBIA; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HEMIC SYSTEM; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALTERATIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT; NORTHERN EUROPE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EFFECTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMBIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFANT; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0025614627     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90087-U     Document Type: Article

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