Effect of HIV-2 infection on HIV-1 disease progression and mortality

AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 614-615

  Esbjörnsson, Joakim ^a,b,c,d   Månsson, Fredrik ^e   Kvist, Anders ^f   Isberg, Per Erik ^g   Nowroozalizadeh, Salma ^c   Biague, Antonio J ^h   Da Silva, Zacarias J ^h   Jansson, Marianne ^a,c   Fenyö, Eva Maria ^a   Norrgren, Hans ^f   Medstrand, Patrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

^h National Public Health Laboratory   (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GUINEA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; LETTER; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME;

COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84893286569     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000142     Document Type: Letter

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