Infectious diarrhoea in antiretroviral therapy-naïve HIV/AIDS patients in Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 631-638

  Wanyiri, Jane W ^a,e   Kanyi, Henry ^b   Maina, Samuel ^b,f   Wang, David E ^a   Ngugi, Paul ^c   O'Connor, Roberta ^a   Kamau, Timothy ^b   Waithera, Tabitha ^b   Kimani, Gachuhi ^b   Wamae, Claire N ^b   Mwamburi, Mkaya ^d   Ward, Honorine D ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diarrhoea; Enteric pathogens; HIV AIDS; Isospora; Shigella

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MULTIVITAMIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLOGY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS; HELMINTH; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITISM; PROTOZOON; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWINE; VOMITING; WATER TREATMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHOEA; ENTERIC PATHOGENS; HIV/AIDS; ISOSPORA; SHIGELLA;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84889016542     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt078     Document Type: Article

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