Epidemiological surveillance of leishmaniasis in HIV-1-infected individuals in Italy

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 785-791

  Gradoni, Luigi ^a   Scalone, Aldo ^a   Gramiccia, Marina ^a   Troiani, Milena ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV 1; Leishmaniasis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISOENZYMES; ITALY; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029953864     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199606001-00014     Document Type: Article

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