Emergence of co-infection of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-positive patients in northeast Iran: A preliminary study

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 173-178

  Shafiei, Reza ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^b   Akhoundi, Behnaz ^b   Galian, Meysam Sharifdini ^b   Kalantar, Fathollah ^a   Ashkan, Saeedeh ^c   Fata, Abdolmajid ^c,d   Hosseini Farash, Bibi Razieh ^b   Ghasemian, Mehrdad ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Human; Iran; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CACHEXIA; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADOLESCENT; COINFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COINFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898600854     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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