Leishmania major and HIV co-infection in Burkina Faso

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-169

  Guiguemdé, Robert T ^a   Sawadogo, Oumar S ^b   Bories, Christian ^c   Traore, Kadidiatou L ^a   Nezien, Désiré ^a   Nikiema, Laetitia ^a   Pratlong, Francine ^d   Marty, Pierre ^e   Houin, René ^f   Deniau, Michéle ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b Centre Raoul Follereau   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^f HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Burkina Faso; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Epidemiology; HIV; Leishmania major

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 10744223017     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90109-X     Document Type: Article

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