Prevalence of Leishmania infection in adult HIV/AIDS patients treated in a tertiary-level care center in Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 743-748

  Carranza Tamayo, César O ^a,b   Assis, Tália Santana Machado de ^c   Neri, Ana Teresa Basílio ^a,b   Cupolillo, Elisa ^c   Rabello, Ana ^c   Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; HIV; Leishmania chagasi; Leishmaniasis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUPERINFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 67349123070     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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