Current epidemiology of Pneumocystis pneumonia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1713-1720

  Morris, Alison ^a,b,h,i   Lundgren, Jens D ^c   Masur, Henry ^d   Walzer, Peter D ^e   Hanson, Debra L ^f   Frederick, Toni ^f   Huang, Laurence ^g   Beard, Charles B ^f   Kaplan, Jonathan E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HMR 911 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL COUNT; EPIDEMIC; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 4844224870     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1010.030985     Document Type: Review

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