Cryptococcosis in Gauteng: Implications for monitoring of HIV treatment programmes

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 452-454

  McCarthy, Kerrigan M ^a   Cohen, Cheryl ^a   Schneider, Helen ^b   Gould, Susan M ^a   Brandt, Mary E ^c   Hajjeh, Rana A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 46249085093     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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