Leptospirosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection among febrile inpatients in northern Tanzania

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 572-580

  Biggs, Holly M ^a   Galloway, Renee L ^b   Bui, Duy M ^b   Morrissey, Annie B ^a   Maro, Venance P ^c,d   Crump, John A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Leptospirosis; northern Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMOPTYSIS; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; AGED; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881465325     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1205     Document Type: Article

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