Parasitic Central Nervous System Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts: Malaria, Microsporidiosis, Leishmaniasis, and African Trypanosomiasis
Open Access
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 42 (1) , 115-125
- https://doi.org/10.1086/498510
Abstract
Immunosuppression associated with HIV infection or following transplantation increases susceptibility to central nervous system (CNS) infections. BecKeywords
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