Pneumocystis carinii and cytomegalovirus infections in severely ill, HIV-infected African infants

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 361-368

  Jeena, Prakash M ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^a   Chrystal, Vivien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG BIOPSY; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029853678     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747852     Document Type: Article

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