AIDS patients with tuberculosis: Characteristics and trend of cases reported to the National AIDS Registry in Italy - 1993-2010

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 658-663

  Camoni, Laura ^a   Regine, Vincenza ^a   Boros, Stefano ^a   Salfa, Maria Cristina ^a   Raimondo, Mariangela ^a   Suligoi, Barbara ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIXED INFECTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; TUBERCULOSIS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; MIGRATION; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COINFECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84880867031     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks122     Document Type: Article

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