Primary HIV infection diagnosed in South Africa masquerading as another tropical disease

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-427

  Pendle, Stella ^a   Sacks, Leonard V ^a  

^a Rietfontein Tropical Diseases Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Misdiagnosis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; MALARIA; MALE; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL DISEASE; TYPHOID FEVER;

ACARI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031657574     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91078-1     Document Type: Article

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