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Training clinicians treating HIV to diagnose cytomegalovirus retinitis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Volume 92, No. 12, Year 2014

Problem Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis continues to be a neglected source of blindness in resource-poor settings. The main issue is lack of capacity to diagnose CMV retinitis in the clinical setting where patients receive care and all other opportunistic infections are diagnosed.
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Citations: 18
Authors: 11
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Infectious Diseases