High tuberculosis and HIV coinfection rate, Johannesburg [11]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 795-796

  John, Melanie Anne ^a,b   Menezes, Colin Nigel ^b,c   Chita, Gajendra ^b,c   Sanne, Ian ^b   Grobusch, Martin Peter ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c HELEN JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34247871356     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1305.060908     Document Type: Letter

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