Malaria and human immunodeficiency virus infection among male employees of a sugar estate in Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 567-569

  Nwanyanwu, O C ^a,c   Kumwenda, N ^a   Kazembe, P N ^b   Jemu, S ^a   Ziba, C ^a   Nkhoma, W C ^a   Redd, S C ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Malaria; Malawi; Plasmodium falciparum; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PARASITEMIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030669243     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90028-6     Document Type: Article

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