Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection associated with human T cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection in Peru

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-149

  Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a   Terashima, Angelica ^a   Alvarez, Humberto ^a   Tello, Raul ^a   Infante, Rosa ^a   Watts, Douglas M ^a   Freedman, David O ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

HTLV; HTLV 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; NEMATODA; RNA VIRUSES; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 0032947269     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.146     Document Type: Article

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