Prevalence of malaria and anaemia among HIV-infected patients in Benin City, Nigeria

New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 78-80

  Akinbo, Frederick O ^a   Okaka, Christopher E ^a   Omoregie, Richard ^a   Mordi, Raphael ^a   Igbinuwen, Osamwonyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; HIV; Malaria; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 71949109685     PISSN: 11710195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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