在加农村的一个13岁男孩身上未被诊断出艾滋病

Saskia Dede Davi1,2,3, Ayodele Alabi3,4,5,6, Lillian Rene Endamne1

  • 1Center for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Dept. of Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

IDCases
|November 11, 2024
PubMed
概括

在加的一名13岁男孩中,人类免疫缺陷病毒 (HIV) 的晚期诊断突显了儿童早期艾滋病毒检测的关键需求. 在青少年中迅速发现艾滋病毒感染可以改善健康状况,特别是在疟疾流行地区.

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