Severe primary HIV-1 infection among black persons in Barbados

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 393-397

  Hudson, C P ^a,c   Levett, P N ^a   Edwards, C N ^a   Moosai, R ^b   Roach, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS epidemic; Caribbean; differential diagnosis; leptospirosis; Primary HIV 1 infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMERICAS; BARBADOS; BLACKS; CARIBBEAN; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; VIRAL DISEASES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARBADOS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS;

EID: 0030915392     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462971920325     Document Type: Article

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