The utility of screening for parasitic infections in HIV-1-infected Africans with eosinophilia in London

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 626-629

  Sarner, Liat ^a   Fakoya, Ade O ^a   Tawana, Cheryl ^a   Allen, Elizabeth ^b   Copas, Andrew J ^b   Chiodini, Peter L ^c,d   Fenton, Kevin A ^b,e  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Eosinophilia; HIV; Parasites; Screening

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITIC DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44349130293     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207781568420     Document Type: Article

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