Bartonellosis and human immunedeficiency disease (AIDS): L- forms as persisters, activating factors, and mechanism of disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 511-515

  Sood, F H ^a   Phatak, V D ^a   Chaudhari, M S ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARTONELLACEAE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BARTONELLA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; DIET; IMMUNOLOGY; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOGENICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLACEAE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BRAIN; DIET; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030609904     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90121-3     Document Type: Article

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