Cryptosporidium species in HIV-infected individuals in India: An overview

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 178-184

  Ajjampur, Sitara Swarna Rao ^a   Sankaran, Premi ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BETA TUBULIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MACROLIDE; NITAZOXANIDE; OCTREOTIDE; PAROMOMYCIN; RIFAXIMIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149199887     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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