T-lymphocytopaenia, opportunistic infections and pathological findings in Ghanaian aids patients and their sexual partners

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 784-791

  Ayisi, Nana K ^a   Wiredu, E K ^b   Sata, T ^c   Nyadedzor, C ^a   Tsiagbe, V K ^b   Newman, M ^d   Cofie, C N ^b   Taneguchi, K ^e  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d Achimota Hospital   (Ghana)

^e MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEXUALITY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; CAUSES OF DEATH; CLIENTS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; APOPTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031395064     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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