Use of traditional medicines in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Tanzania: A case in the Bukoba rural district

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kisangau, Daniel P ^a,b   Lyaruu, Herbert V M ^a   Hosea, Ken M ^a   Joseph, Cosam C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER;

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYTOTHERAPY; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TANZANIA;

EID: 34547862065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-3-29     Document Type: Article

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