A morphological study of penile chancroid lesions in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive and -negative African men with a hypothesis concerning the role of chancroid in HIV transmission

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1066-1070

  Magro, C M ^b   Crowson, A N ^a   Alfa, M ^b   Nath, A ^b   Ronald, A ^b   Ndinya Achola, J O ^b   Nasio, J ^b  

^a Misericordia Health Centre   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cell mediated immunity; chancroid; genital ulcer; HIV transmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PENIS DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029859570     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90285-3     Document Type: Article

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