Environmental predictors and incubation period of AIDS-associated penicillium marneffei infection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1273-1279

  Bulterys, Philip L ^a   Le, Thuy ^c,e   Quang, Vo Minh ^d   Nelson, Kenrad E ^f   Lloyd Smith, James O ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; humidity; penicilliosis; Penicillium marneffei; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMIDITY; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIET NAM; WIND;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MYCOSES; PENICILLIUM; VIETNAM; WEATHER;

EID: 84875982999     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit058     Document Type: Article

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