Prevalence of intestinal parasitic pathogens among HIV-positive individuals in Iran

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 268-270

  Zali, Mohammad Reza ^d   Mehr, Ali Jafari ^d,e   Rezaian, Mostafa ^a   Meamar, Ahmad Reza ^a   Vaziri, Siavash ^b   Mohraz, Minoo ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DICROCOELIUM; ENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IMMUNE STATUS; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ADULT; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 13844310796     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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