Epidemiology of HIV and AIDS in Bahrain

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-328

  Al Haddad, M K ^a   Baig, B Z H ^b   Ebrahim, R A ^c  

^a Psychiatric Hospital   (Bahrain)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (Bahrain)

^c SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; BAHRAIN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0031292144     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Al-Haddad, M K., et al, (1994) HIV antibodies among intravenous drug users in Bahrain. J. Commun. Dis , 26 (3) : 127-32
2. World Health Organization (1993) The full definition of AIDS. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 41: 1-15.
3. Petersdors, S., et al. (1991). Harrison's principles of internal medicine. New York, McGraw Hill, 1406-7
4. Siegel, L. et al. (1988) Management of HIV disease manual (Treatment team workshop handbook). World Health Communication Inc Press.
5. HIV/AIDS : The global epidemic. Weekly Ept. Rec. 1996; 71. 361-368
6. European Collabortive Study. (1992). Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. Lancet, 339:1007-12.
7. Purushottam, N R , (1996) HIV/AIDS surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Eastern Mediterranean Journal. 2(1) 82-9.
8. Europen Collaborative Study. (1991). Children born to women with HIV-I infection : natural history and risk of transmission Lancet. 337 : 253-260
9. Kovaces, J. A. and Masur, H., (1998). Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia : Therapy and prophylaxis. J. Infect. Dis., 158:254-58.
10. Glesby, M., Moore, R.D., Chaisson, R.E., (1995). Clinical spectrum of Herpes zoster in adults with HIV. Clin. Infect. Dis., 21:370-5.
11. Richard, D. M. and Chaisson, R. E., (1996). Natural history of opportunistic disease in an HIV-infected urban clinical cohort. Ann Int Med. 124 (7) : 633-642.