• Title of article

    Children and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

  • Author/Authors

    Al-Shishtawy, Moeness M. Oman Medical Specialty Board - Department of Planning Research, Oman , Al-Shishtawy, Moeness M. Tanta University - Department of Community Medicine Public Health, Egypt

  • From page
    428
  • To page
    431
  • Abstract
    In this issue of SQUMJ, Yadav et al. present a very interesting article about opportunistic infections and complications in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1.1 It is well known that both HIV- 1 and HIV-2 progressively destroy lymphocytes, rendering the patient susceptible to a variety of other infectious agents; these infections are known as opportunistic infections.
  • Journal title
    Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (SQUMJ)
  • Journal title
    Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal (SQUMJ)
  • Record number

    2690895