Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 82-84 , January 2010

Paediatric HIV in central Sudan: High sero-prevalence and poor performance of clinical case definitions

  • Ahmed Abdalla Abbas

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, P. O. Box 12810, Khartoum, Sudan
    • ,
  • Nour Elhouda Ata Alla Alla Gabo

      Affiliations

    • Omdurman AIDS Care Unit (OMACU), Omdurman Teaching Hospital, P. O. Box 128, Omdurman, Sudan
    • ,
  • Zahir Osman Eltahir Babiker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, M8 5RB, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 7870508680.
    • ,
  • Elbushra Ali Mohamed Herieka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, BH7 7WD, United Kingdom

Received 27 March 2009 ,Revised 6 August 2009 ,Accepted 25 September 2009.

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PII: S1386-6532(09)00476-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2009.09.028

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 82-84 , January 2010

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