Prevalence and indicators of HIV and AIDS among adults admitted to medical and surgical wards in Blantyre, Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Lewis, David K ^a   Callaghan, Maria ^a   Phiri, Kamija ^a   Chipwete, James ^a   Kublin, James G ^a   Borgstein, Eric ^a   Zijlstra, Ed E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Hospital; Malawi; Risk factors; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST ABSCESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HAIR LOSS; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREVALENCE; PYOMYOSITIS; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR FORMATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL WARD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THRUSH; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0037960988     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90035-6     Document Type: Article

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