A Prospective Study of Diarrhea and HIV-1 Infection among 429 Zairian Infants
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- 2 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 329 (23), 1696-1702
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199312023292304
Abstract
Persistent diarrhea is a prominent feature of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in adults, but its cause and its effect on children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are largely unknown, particularly in Africa.Keywords
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