Prevalence of and factors associated with visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients in southern Spain

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2419-2422

  Pineda, Juan A ^a   Gallardo, José A ^a   Macías, Juan ^a   Delgado, Juan ^a   Regordán, Carmen ^a   Morillas, Francisco ^b   Relimpio, Federico ^a   Martín Sánchez, Joaquina ^b   Sánchez Quijano, Armando ^a   Leal, Manuel ^a   Lissen, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG USE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; VIRUS INFECTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031851247     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.9.2419-2422.1998     Document Type: Article

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