Evaluation of CD4+/CD8+ status and urinary tract infections associated with urinary schistosomiasis among some rural Nigerians

African Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-130

  Nmorsi, O P G ^a,c   Ukwandu, N C D ^a   Egwungenya, O A ^b   Obhiemi, N U ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

CD4+; CD8+; Rural Nigerians; Urinary schistosomiasis; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; OOCYTE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; SUPERINFECTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33645861126     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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