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. 2011 Feb;84(2):239-40.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0251.

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

Mathieu Nacher  1 , Antoine Adenis, Leila Adriouch, Julie Dufour, Emmanuelle Papot, Matthieu Hanf, Vincent Vantilcke, Mélanie Calvez, Christine Aznar, Bernard Carme, Pierre Couppié
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What is AIDS in the Amazon and the Guianas? Establishing the burden of disseminated histoplasmosis

Mathieu Nacher et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Feb.

Abstract

The pathogen ecology of Amazonian regions may lead to specific differences in the most frequent clinical presentations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A retrospective cohort study was thus conducted to describe the main AIDS-defining events in French Guiana. Disseminated histoplasmosis was the most frequent opportunistic infection (15.4/1000 person years).

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Main opportunistic infections before and after the availability of HAART in French Guiana.
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