HIV/AIDS-associated visceral leishmaniasis in patients from an endemic area in Central-west Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 692-697

  Alexandrino de Oliveira, Priscilla ^a,b   Santos Oliveira, Joanna Reis ^a   Dorval, Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros ^b   da Costa, Francisco das Chagas Brandão ^c   Pereira, Gracy Regina Oliveira Leite ^b   da Cunha, Rivaldo Venâncio ^b   Paniago, Anamaria Mello Miranda ^b   da Cruz, Alda Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Prefeitura Municipal de Campo Grande   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; HIV AIDS; Intravenous drug users; Opportunistic infection; Recurrence; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 77957238021     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000500016     Document Type: Article

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