The prevalence of malaria among HIV seropositive individuals and the impact of the co- infection on their hemoglobin levels

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tay, Sammy ^a   Badu, Kingsley ^b   Mensah, Anthony A ^c   Gbedema, Stephen Y ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c Holy Family Hospital Techiman Department of Microbiology   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Anti retroviral; CD4 cells; HIV AIDS; Malaria co infection

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEROPREVALENCE; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GHANA; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBINS; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924860610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12941-015-0064-6     Document Type: Article

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