A typhus-like illness caused by acute HIV seroconversion.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient is described in whom an acute human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion illness occurred following a trip to southern Africa. The presentation was strikingly similar to that of African tick typhus and could only be distinguished by serological testing.
Medical subject headings
- HIV Seropositivity
- Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne