Cryptosporidiosis in HIV-infected Venezuelan adults is strongly associated with acute or chronic diarrhea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-57

  Certad, Gabriela ^a   Arenas Pinto, Alejandro ^a   Pocaterra, Leonor ^a   Ferrara, Giuseppe ^a   Castro, Julio ^b   Bello, Andreina ^a   Núñez, Luz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOSPORA BELLI; LEUKOPENIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VENEZUELA; VIRUS LOAD;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; ISOSPORA BELLI;

EID: 24644439209     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.54     Document Type: Article

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