CASE STUDY OF A PATIENT WITH HIV-AIDS AND VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS CO-INFECTION IN MULTIPLE EPISODES

SUMMARY Report of a 45-year-old male farmer, a resident in the forest zone of Pernambuco, who was diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1999 and treated using antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. In 2005, the first episode of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), as assessed by parasitological diagnosi...

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Main Authors: Elis Dionisio da Silva, Luiz Dias de Andrade, Paulo Sergio Ramos de Araujo, Vera Magalhaes Silveira, Carlos Eduardo Padilha, Maria Almerice Lopes da Silva, Zulma Maria de Medeiros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-12-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652013000600425&lng=en&tlng=en