Prevalence of HIV infection among trauma patients admitted to bugando medical centre, Mwanza, Tanzania and its influence on outcome

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mayala, Virgnia ^a   Mshana, Stephen E ^a   Chalya, Phillipo L ^a   Dass, Ramash M ^a   Kalluvya, Samuel E ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Hiv prevalence; Hospital; Outcome; Tanzania; Trauma patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROGNOSIS; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TANZANIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79961036661     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v12i4.54904     Document Type: Article

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