Prevalence of intestinal parasites in relation to cd4 counts and anaemia among hivinfected patients in benin city, edo state, Nigeria

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-16

  Akinbo, Frederick O ^a   Okaka, Christopher E ^a   Omoregie, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cd4 counts; Hiv aids; Intestinal parasites; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA BELLI; ISOSPORIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; NIGERIA; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 79961068081     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v13i1.62986     Document Type: Article

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