An epidemic of enterovirus 71 infection among HIV-1-infected orphans in Nairobi [3]

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1968-1970

  Chakraborty, Rana ^a,b   Iturriza Gómara, Miren ^b   Musoke, Rachel ^c,d   Palakudy, Theresa ^d   D'Agostino, Angelo ^d   Gray, Jim ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d Nyumbani Children's Home   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; ENTEROVIRUS 71; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; ORPHANAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FOSTER HOME CARE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 4744353923     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200409240-00018     Document Type: Letter

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