HIV immunosupression and malaria: Is there a correlation?

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 376-379

  Suri, V ^a   Bhalla, A ^a   Sharma, N ^a   Jain, S ^a   Varma, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Complicated malaria; Concurrent infection; Falciparum malaria; HIV infection; Immunosupression; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CEPHALOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; QUININE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUPERINFECTION; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 33748578013     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.27222     Document Type: Article

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