Parasitic opportunistic infections in Czech HIV-infected patients - A prospective study

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 208-213

  Pospisilova Z ^a   Ditrich, O ^a   Stankova M ^b   Kodym, P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptosporidiosis; Microsporidiosis; Opportunistic parasites

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MICROSPORUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 2642618577     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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