Short report: What is AIDS in the Amazon and the Guianas? Establishing the burden of disseminated histoplasmosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 239-240

  Nacher, Mathieu ^a   Adenis, Antoine ^a   Adriouch, Leila ^b   Dufour, Julie ^c   Papot, Emmanuelle ^c   Hanf, Matthieu ^a   Vantilcke, Vincent ^d   Calvez, Mélanie ^e   Aznar, Christine ^f   Carme, Bernard ^a   Couppié, Pierre ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b CH de Cayenne   (French Guiana)

^c Service Dermatologie   (French Guiana)

^d Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais   (French Guiana)

^e CH de Cayenne   (French Guiana)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; FRENCH GUIANA; GENOTYPE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; WASTING SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ECOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ECOLOGY; FRENCH GUIANA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952637837     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0251     Document Type: Article

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