Diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis and HIV/AIDS co-infection: A case series study in Pernambuco, Brazil;Diagnosticando co-infecção leishmaniose visceral e HIV/AIDS: Uma série de casos em Pernambuco, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47

  e Cavalcanti, Aracele Tenório de Almeida ^a   Zulma, Medeiros ^a,b   Fábio, Lopes ^b   de Andrade, Luiz Dias ^b   Ferreira, Valéria de Melo ^c   Vera, Magalhães ^d   Miranda Filho, Demócrito de Barros ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do estado de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; HIV AIDS; HIV VL co infection; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEISHMANIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84857819341     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652012000100008     Document Type: Article

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