The prevalence and pattern of skin diseases in relation to CD4 counts among hiv-infected police officers in Dar es Salaam

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-48

  Bakari, Muhammad ^a   Lyamuya, Eligius ^a   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^a   Aris, Eric ^a   Chale, Stella ^a   Magao, Paul ^a   Josiah, Robert ^a   Moshi, Adeline ^a   Swai, Andrew ^a   Pallangyo, Ndetiyo ^b   Sandstrom, Eric ^c   Mhalu, Fred ^a   Biberfeld, Gunnel ^c   Pallangyo, Kisali ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Kilwa Road Police Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; POLICE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN DISEASES; TANZANIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0037260256     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300122     Document Type: Article

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