Epidemiological patterns of mortality due to visceral leishmaniasis and HIV/AIDS co-infection in Brazil, 2000-2011

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 338-347

  Martins Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio ^a   da Silveira Lima, Mauricélia ^a   Alencar, Carlos Henrique ^a   Ramos Jr , Alberto Novaes ^a   Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; Co infection; HIV; Mortality; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARASITOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899433457     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru050     Document Type: Article

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