The mouth in HIV/AIDS: markers of disease status and management challenges for the dental profession

There are over 30 million people in the world with HIV infection and, whilst the rate of new infections is slowing, this number continues to grow. Although in Australia the overall prevalence of HIV infection in adults aged 15–49 is officially estimated at only 0.2%, representing less than 20 000 pe...

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Published in:	Australian dental journal Vol. 55; no. s1; pp. 85 - 102
Main Author:	Johnson, NW
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2010
Subjects:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - complications Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - transmission Adult AIDS AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis Alphapapillomavirus - classification blood‐borne viruses Candida albicans Candidiasis Candidiasis, Oral - diagnosis Dental Caries - diagnosis Epstein-Barr virus herpes viruses Herpesviridae Infections - diagnosis HIV HIV Infections - complications HIV Infections - transmission Human immunodeficiency virus Humans infected health care worker Infection Control, Dental Mouth Diseases - complications Mycobacterium oral manifestations papilloma viruses Papillomavirus Infections - diagnosis periodontal diseases Periodontal Diseases - diagnosis tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis
ISSN:	0045-0421, 1834-7819, 1834-7819
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