HIV infection and susceptibility to epidemic bacterial infections among Rwandan refugees

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 199-201

  Maayan, Shlomo ^a   Marks, Nila ^b   Viterbro, Alexander ^b   Zeide, Yona ^b   Morag, Abraham ^a   Neil, Lucien ^c   Strauss, Nurit ^a   Shapiro, Mervyn ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c HÔPITAL D'INSTRUCTION DES ARMÉES ROBERT PICQUÉ   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Refugees; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHOLERA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; REFUGEE; RWANDA; SHIGELLOSIS;

EID: 0030920824     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(97)90036-9     Document Type: Article

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