Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV Coinfection in East Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Diro, Ermias ^a,b   Lynen, Lutgarde ^a   Ritmeijer, Koert ^c   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Hailu, Asrat ^d   van Griensven, Johan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; MILTEFOSINE; PAROMOMYCIN; PENTAMIDINE; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS RAPID TEST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIXED INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PREVALENCE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; COINFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84903454096     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002869     Document Type: Article

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