Association between Leprosy and HIV Infection in Tanzania

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-210

  Van Den Broek, Jacques ^a,b,e   Chum, Hamza J ^a,b   Swai, Ronald ^a   O'Brien, Richard J ^c,d  

^a Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^e Centers for Dis Contr and Prev ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TANZANIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; BIOLOGY; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; LEPROSY; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; TANZANIA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BCG VACCINE; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 0030843412     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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