AIDS defining diseases in the UK: The impact of PCP prophylaxis and twelve years of change

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 252-257

  Porter, Kholoud ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^a   Wall, Patrick G ^a   Evans, Barry G ^a   Goldberg, David J ^b   Weerasuriya, Melanie ^a   Noone, Ahilya ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Early diagnosis; Opportunistic infections; Primary prophylaxis; UK

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV WASTING SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029812982     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462961917924     Document Type: Article

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