Open AccessSpectrum and prognostic significance of opportunistic diseases in HIV/AIDS patients in Ilorin, Nigeria
Author(s) -
AK Salami,
PO Olatunji,
PO Oluboyo
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v25i1.28245
Subject(s) - medicine , nigerians , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , opportunistic infection , immunology , viral disease , physics , political science , law , optics
Opportunistic diseases (ODs) of varying types and severities have been reported amongst HIV infected patients around the world, this made us to define the incidence, spectrum and effects of ODs on HIV infected Nigerians' CD4+cells count and survival rate.