Intestinal microsporidiosis in diarrheal patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 306-310

  Endeshaw, Tekola ^a   Kebede, Amha ^a   Verweij, Jaco J ^b   Zewide, Ayele ^c   Tsige, Kebede ^d   Abraham, Yodit ^d   Wolday, Dawit ^a   Woldemichael, Tilahun ^a   Messele, Tsehaynesh ^a   Poldermann, Anton M ^b   Petros, Beyene ^e  

^a Ethio Netherlands AIDS Research Project ENARP   (Ethiopia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Police Force General Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^d Armed Forces General Hospital Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33750433190     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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