Intestinal parasitic infections in HIV/AIDS patients: Experience at a teaching hospital in central Brazil

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-215

  da Silva, Claudio V ^a   Ferreira, Marcelo S ^a   Borges, Aércio S ^a   Costa Cruz, Julia M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA BELLI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRICHURIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS;

EID: 14944347981     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020875     Document Type: Article

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