Respiratory infection complicating HIV infection
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HIV disease and respiratory infection in children.
Over one million children world-wide are living with HIV infection and respiratory disease is the commonest cause of morbidity and mortality in these children. The initial presentation of respiratory infection is usually in infancy or early childhood. There is enormous potential to prevent childhood HIV infection that is being realised in industrialised countries but not yet elsewhere. Increasi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0951-7375
DOI: 10.1097/qco.0b013e3282f54fff