Acute presentations of HIV are still missed in low prevalence areas

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1025, 2011, Pages 170-174

  Ratcliffe, L ^a   Thomas, S ^a   Beeching, N J ^a,b   Phillips Howard, P A ^c   Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THRUSH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952281301     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.109801     Document Type: Article

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