AIDS in Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 31, Issue 220, 1996, Pages 147-152

  O'Keefe, E A ^a   Wood, R ^a  

^a NEW SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

'Slim disease'; Africa; AIDS; Coccidian parasites; Diarrhoea; HIV; Opportunic infections; Tuberculosis; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029818638     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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