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Comprehensive & Cost Effective Laboratory Monitoring of HIV/AIDS: an African Role Model
Published on: October 31, 2010
[Clinical manifestations of HIV infection in distinct geographical areas]
José Antonio Iribarren1, Pablo Rivas González, Concha Amador Prous
1Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital de Donostia San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, España. jiribarr@chdo.osakidetza.net
Abstract:
The clinical manifestations of HIV infection vary widely in distinct geographical areas. While HIV-related disease has been well characterized in western countries, relatively few publications have described the clinical manifestations of these diseases in tropical areas, where the vast majority of HIV-infected people are concentrated. In addition, HIV infection may alter the natural history of tropical diseases in several ways and tropical diseases influence the course of HIV infection. The present review describes the major opportunistic infections afflicting people with HIV/AIDS in Africa, Latin America, and Asia and discusses the mutual interactions between HIV and the major tropical diseases.
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