Prevalence and clinical presentation of HIV infection among newly hospitalised surgical patients at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 640-645

  Mkony, C ^a   Kwesigabo, G ^a   Lyamuya, E ^a   Mhalu, F ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURGERY; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TANZANIA;

EID: 1642525665     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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