Amebiasis among persons who sought voluntary counseling and testing for human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case-control study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-69

  Hung, Chien Ching ^a   Wu, Pei Ying ^a   Chang, Sui Yuan ^b   Ji, Dar Der ^c   Sun, Hsin Yun ^a   Liu, Wen Chun ^a   Wu, Cheng Hsin ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANILINGUS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING; AGING; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 79952264899     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0238     Document Type: Article

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