Invasive pneumococcal disease in a cohort of predominantly HIV-1 infected female sex-workers in Nairobi, Kenya

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Volumn 347, Issue 9003, 1996, Pages 718-723

  Gilks, Charles F ^a,d,e   Ojoo, Sylvia A ^a   Ojoo, Josephine C ^a   Brindle, Richard J ^a   Paul, John ^a   Batchelor, Barry I F ^a   Kimari, Joseph N ^a   Newnham, Robert ^a   Bwayo, Joab ^b   Plummer, Francis A ^b,c   Warrell, David A ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 13344281015     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90076-8     Document Type: Article

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