Retrospective study on the criteria for diagnosis of HIV infection in adults in Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 141-144

  Chibatamoto, P P ^a   Chandiwana, S K ^a   Sabeta, C T ^b   Gomo, E ^a  

^a Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FEMALE; HIV SERODIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERODIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCREENING; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030137502     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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