Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 544-552 , September 2004

HIV infection among paediatric in-patients in Blantyre, Malawi

  • Sheryle R Rogerson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Malawi
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Neonatal Unit, Royal Women’s Hospital, 131 Grattan Street, Carlton, VIC 3052, Australia. Tel.: +61-3-93442000; fax: +61-3-93472731.
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  • Melissa Gladstone

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Malawi
    • Permanent address: Department of Community Paediatrics, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Eaton Rd, Liverpool, L12 2AP, UK.
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  • Maria Callaghan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Malawi
    • ,
  • Laura Erhart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Permanent address: Arizona Department of Health Services, 150 N 18th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85007.
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  • Stephen J Rogerson

      Affiliations

    • Malawi-Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Malawi
    • Department of Medicine (RMH/WH), University of Melbourne, Parkville 3050, Australia
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  • Eric Borgstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Malawi
    • ,
  • Robin L Broadhead

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Malawi

Received 22 September 2003 ,Revised 7 December 2003 ,Accepted 7 December 2003.

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PII: S0035-9203(04)00108-7

doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.12.011

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 9 , Pages 544-552 , September 2004

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