Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Meeting at Manson House, London, 12 December 1996. HIV and pneumococcal infection in Africa. Microbiological aspects.

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 632-637

  Paul, John ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Antibiotic sensitivity; Human immunodeficiency virus; Kenya; Molecular epidemiology; Molecular typing; Pneumococcal infection; Prevalence; Serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RECURRENT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEATHER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; RNA VIRUSES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031445747     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90500-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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