Host and viral factors that impact in HIV-1 transmission and disease progression in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 212-215

  Morris, L ^a   Williamson, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; HLA ANTIGEN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035061812     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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