Disease in children infected with HIV in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7027, 1996, Pages 335-338

  Lucas, Sebastian B ^a,e   Peacock, Christopher S ^b   Hounnou, Anatole ^b   Brattegaard, Kari ^b   Koffi, Kouakou ^c   Hondé, Michel ^c   Andoh, Joseph ^c   Bell, Jeanne ^d   De Cock, Kevin M ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Project RETRO CI Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Department of Clinical Microbiology   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COTE D'IVOIRE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029671393     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7027.335     Document Type: Article

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