Presentation and outcome of HIV-1 infection in hospitalised infants and other children in North-Eastern Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Akpede, G O ^a,b   Ambe, J P ^a   Rabasa, A I ^a   Akuhwa, T R ^a   Ajayi, B B ^a   Akoma, M A ^a   Bukbuk, D N ^a   Harry, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THRUSH; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0030966326     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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