Clinical profile of hospitalized HIV-infected children in Bangladesh, a low-HIV-prevalence country

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-137

  Shahrin, Lubaba ^a,b   Leung, Daniel T ^b,c   Matin, Nashaba ^d   Kawser, Chowdhury Ali ^e   Pervez, Mohammed Moshtaq ^b   Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer ^a  

^a Centre for Nutrition and Food Security icddr b   (Bangladesh)

^b Centre for HIV AIDS   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; CD4 count; Children; HIV infection; LOW HIV prevalence country

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WASTING SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899852649     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2046905513Y.0000000100     Document Type: Article

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