HIV and visceral leishmaniasis coinfection in Bihar, India: An underrecognized and underdiagnosed threat against elimination

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 552-555

  Burza, Sakib ^a   Mahajan, Raman ^a   Sanz, Marta Gonzalez ^a   Sunyoto, Temmy ^a   Kumar, Ranjeet ^a   Mitra, Gaurab ^a   Lima, María Angeles ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Kala azar; Prevalence; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ELIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGED; COINFECTION; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905017602     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu333     Document Type: Article

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