The emergence of concurrent HIV-1/AIDS and visceral leishmaniasis in Northeast Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 298-300

  Nascimento, E T ^a   Moura, M L N ^b   Queiroz, J W ^a   Barroso, A W ^b   Araujo, A F ^c   Rego, E F ^c   Wilson, M E ^d   Pearson, R D ^e   Jeronimo, S M ^a,b,f  

^a Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Centro de Ciencias da Saude Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Giselda Trigueiro   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; Co infection; HIV; Leishmania chagasi; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 79955018177     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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