Human immunodeficiency virus and leprosy: An update

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-128

  Lockwood, Diana N J ^a   Lambert, Saba M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Coinfection; Human immunodeficiency virus; Leprosy

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 78649379960     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2010.08.016     Document Type: Review

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