Leprosy occurring as immune reconstitution syndrome

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 966-968

  Deps, Patricia D ^a,b   Lockwood, Diana N J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

AIDS; HAART; Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; Leprosy; Leprosy reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LEPROSY;

EID: 50549100951     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.06.003     Document Type: Review

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