Infection with human immunodeficiency virus does not influence the clinical severity of scrub typhus

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1168-1170

  Kantipong, P ^b   Watt, G ^a   Jongsakul, K ^b   Choenchitra, C ^b  

^a AFRIMS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0030002736     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1168     Document Type: Article

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