The Pan African Medical Journal (Apr 2020)

The magnitude of opportunistic infections and associated factors in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in southern zone Tigray, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

  • Teklay Zeru Weldearegawi,
  • Hadgu Gerensea,
  • Hagos Berihu,
  • Gebreamlak Gidey,
  • Mebrahtom Zeru Welearegay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.35.126.17839
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 126

Abstract

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INTRODUCTION: Greater than twenty known opportunistic infections have been associated with HIV infection and usually patients experience co-infections during the stage of illness, HIV-related opportunistic infections are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.

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