Slow progression of HIV-1 infection in a cohort of antiretroviral naïve hotel workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as defined by their CD4 cell slopes

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-413

  Bakari, Muhammad ^a   Urassa, Willy ^a   Mhalu, Fred ^a   Biberfeld, Gunnel ^b   Pallangyo, Kisali ^a   Sandström, Eric ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; TANZANIA;

EID: 42449136609     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701708285     Document Type: Article

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