| clinical manifestations of hiv infection in children at enugu, nigeria. | three-hundred-and-fifty-eight (358) pediatric patients below 16 years of age were screened for suspected human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection between october 1989 and september 1996. eighty-three (23 per cent) were confirmed positive. however, adequate clinical data were obtained retrospectively in only 63 patients. twenty-three (37 per cent) of the patients presented with features corresponding to who case definition of paediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in africa. ver ... | 1998 | 9604592 |
| apparent rarity of cryptosporidiosis in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-related diarrhoea in enugu, south-eastern, nigeria. | cryptosporidium is the most frequently implicated organism in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-related diarrhoea worldwide. because of the increasing incidence and prevalence of hiv infection in nigeria and the associated increase in the number of patients presenting with chronic diarrhoea, it has become necessary to determine the prevalence of this organism in hiv-infected patients in enugu, south eastern nigeria. one hundred and eighty nine (189) adult patients with chronic diarrhoea admitte ... | 2002 | 12163876 |
| association between abo, rhesus blood group systems and haemoglobin genotype among confirmed hiv/aids-tb co-infected patients in enugu urban, nigeria. | the distribution of abo, rhesus blood group and haemoglobin (hb) genotypes was investigated among 320 confirmed human immunodeficiency virus i & ii (hiv)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) with tuberculosis (tb) co-infected patients. one hundred and sixty (160) healthy hiv i & ii negative age and sex-matched population were used as controls for this study. | 2006 | 16722361 |