Tuberculosis with malaria or HIV co-infection in a large hospital in Luanda, Angola

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 269-272

  Valadas, Emília ^a   Gomes, Augusto ^a,b   Sutre, Ana ^a   Brilha, Sara ^a   Wete, Afonso ^b   Hänscheid, Thomas ^a   Antunes, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Hospital Militar Central de Luanda   (Angola)

Author keywords

Angola; Co infection; HIV; Malaria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGOLA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875196099     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2703     Document Type: Article

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