HIV-1 seroprevalence in Zambian patients with acute diarrhea: A community-based study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-163

  Baboo, Kumar S ^a   Luo, Nkandu P ^a   Murphy, James R ^b   Cummings, Curtis ^b   Chintu, Chifumbe ^a   Ustianowski, Andrew ^c   DuPont, Herbert L ^d   Kelinowski, Matthew ^a   Mathewson, John J ^d   Zumla, Alimuddin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^b Enteric Pathogens Program   (Egypt)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Community; Diarrhea; HIV 1; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0033081339     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199902010-00008     Document Type: Article

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