Declining CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts are associated with increased risk of enteric parasitosis and chronic diarrhea: Results of a 3-year longitudinal study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-159

  Navin, Thomas R ^a,c   Weber, Rainer ^a   Vugia, Duc J ^a   Rimland, David ^b   Roberts, Jacquelin M ^a   Addiss, David G ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a   Wahlquist, Susanne P ^a   Hogan, Susan E ^b   Gallagher, Laura E ^b   Juranek, Dennis D ^a   Schwartz, David A ^b   Wilcox, C Mel ^b   Stewart, James M ^b   Thompson III, Sumner E ^b   Bryan, Ralph T ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; AIDS related opportunistic infections; Cryptosporidiosis; Diarrhea; HIV; Intestinal disease, parasitic; Microspora infections; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033080880     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199902010-00007     Document Type: Article

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