Absence of opportunistic parasitic infestations in children living with HIV/AIDS in children's homes in Jamaica: Pilot investigations

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-256

  Barrett, D M ^a   Steel Duncan, J ^a   Christie, C D C ^a   Eldemire Shearer, D ^a   Lindo, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEVIRAPINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOLIMAX; ENTAMOEBA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; JAMAICA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JAMAICA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 55749102232     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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