Exacerbation of HIV viral load simultaneous with asymptomatic reactivation of chronic Chagas' disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-523

  Sartori, Ana Marli C ^a   Caiaffa Filho, Hélio H ^a,b   Bezerra, Rita C ^a,c   Guilherme, Carmem Do S ^a,d   Lopes, Marta H ^a   Aparecida Shikanai Yasuda, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Adolfo Lutz ^*  (Brazil)

^c ICHC Cerqueira Cesar ^*  (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIDANOSINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; SYMPTOM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036858342     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2002.67.521     Document Type: Article

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