Mortality associated with HIV infection in rural Rakai District, Uganda
AIDSPublished 1 October 2000
Nelson K. Sewankambo, Ronald H. Gray, Saifuddin Ahmad, David Serwadda, Fred Wabwire‐Mangen, Fred Nalugoda
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HIV is taking substantial toll in this population, particularly among the younger better educated adults and infants, and infants.
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HIV is taking substantial toll in this population, particularly among the younger better educated adults, and infants. Symptomatology or the World Health Organization definition of AIDS are poor predictors of death.
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