Decreased survival of HTLV-I carriers in leprosy patients from the democratic republic of the congo: A historical prospective study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 387-390

  Lechat, Michel F ^a   Shrager, Daniel I ^b   Declercq, Etienne ^c   Bertrand, Françoise ^a   Blattner, William A ^d   Blumberg, Baruch S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of the Congo; HTLV I; Leprosy; Survival

Indexed keywords

HTLV; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGO; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; FEMALE; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFECTIONS; LEPROSY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AFRICA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; CONGO; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; LEPROSY; MIDDLE AFRICA; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARRIER STATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEPROSY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031571244     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199708150-00010     Document Type: Article

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