Association between parasitic intestinal infections and acute or chronic diarrhoea in HIV-infected patients in Caracas, Venezuela

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 487-492

  Arenas Pinto, Alejandro ^a,c   Certad, G ^b   Ferrara, G ^a   Castro, J ^b   Bello, M A ^a   Nunez L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Eosinophilia; HIV infection; Parasitic diseases

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA BELLI; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICAL DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; VENEZUELA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0038682510     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646203322025812     Document Type: Article

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