Protective immunity associated with a strong serological response to a Cryptosporidium-specific antigen group, in HIV-infected individuals

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 618-621

  Frost, Floyd J ^a,c   Tollestrup, Kristine ^b   Craun, Gunther F ^d   Fairley, Christopher K ^e   Sinclair, Martha I ^e   Kunde, Twila R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOVELACE CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Gunther F Craun and Associates   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 23244443375     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431681     Document Type: Article

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