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AIDS vaccine 'may not work' in Africa

Brown, P.

New Scientist; 128 (1739), 1990

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Possible effects of acquired immunologic deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on tuberculosis in industrial and developing countries

Styblo, K.

Pneumologie; 44 (1), 1990

Tuberculosis is the most frequent infectious complication of AIDS and HIV infection in countries where che prevalence of tuberculous infection is high. HIV infection is the strongest risk factor for developing tuberculosis in individuals infected removly or recently with tubercle bacilli. An increased in...

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Tuberculosis and HIV infection

Nyangulu, D. S.

Malawi med. j. (Online); 6 (1), 1990

Infection with TB in Malawi continues to rise with about 9000 TB patients notified in 1989. It has been shown that immunodepression promotes the progression of latent TB infection to clinical disease. Widespread HIV infection would be expected to alter the dynamics of TB in the population and is being ob...

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HIV reactive children in KCH

Phillips, J. A.

Malawi med. j. (Online); 6 (1), 1990

Information available on HIV Elisa reactive children seen in the medical paediatric department of Kamuzu Central Hospital; Lilongwe; during the years 1986 to 1988 is reviewed. Numbers of new HIV reactive patients decreased unexpectedly in later 1988; which is encouraging; but further study is needed; wit...

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Recommendations from the Medical Association of Malawi AIDS Update Seminar

Malawi med. j. (Online); 6 (1), 1990

During March 1990 the Medical Association of Malawi held an AIDS update seminar in Lilongwe. Working groups met to discuss various issues and the recommendations of these groups are summarized here...

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HIV-1 and pregnant women: associated factors; prevalence; estimate of incidence and role in fetal wastage in central Africa

Chiphangwi, J. D; Dallabetta, G; Liomba, N. G; Miotti, P. G; Ndovi, E; Saah, A. J.

AIDS (Lond.); 4 (8), 1990

The major goals of this study were to measure the current prevalence and estimate the annual incidence of HIV-1 infection in young pregnant women from urban Malawi; to identify factors that were associated with HIV-1 infection; and to examine adverse pregnancy outcomes. Four hundred and sixty-one consecu...

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