Cryptosporidiosis among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: Factors related to symptomatic infection and survival

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 807-816

  Colford Jr , John M ^a   Tager, Ira B ^a   Hirozawa, Anne M ^a   Lemp, George F ^a   Aragon, Tomas ^a   Petersen, Carolyn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; HIV; proportional hazards models; risk factors; survival

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0029854979     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009015     Document Type: Article

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