Epidemiology of histoplasmosis in the French West Indies (Martinique)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-267

  Garsaud, Philippe ^a   Boisseau Garsaud, Anne Marie ^a   Desbois, Nicole ^a   Verneuil, Laurence ^a   Calès Quist, Danielle ^a   Hélénon, Raymond ^a   Jouannelle, Alain ^a   Delord, Jean Marie ^b   Sobesky, Guy ^a   Panelatti, Gérard ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^b Assoc for the Valorization of M   (Martinique)

Author keywords

AIDS; Clinical aspects; Epidemiology; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasmosis; HIV infections; Martinique

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MYCOLOGY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNITED STATES;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 13044317283     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90016-0     Document Type: Article

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