| opportunistic infection among hiv seropositive cases in manipal teaching hospital, pokhara, nepal. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) claimed more than 22 million deaths in the past two decades. about 10,000-15,000 nepalese are expected to die of aids related deaths every year in the absence of effective treatment and care. major cause of mortality and morbidity in hiv infected people is opportunistic infection (oi). type of pathogen(s) responsible for oi varies from region to region. | 2008 | 20071815 |