Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 168-169, March 2003

Leishmania major and HIV co-infection in Burkina Faso

  • Robert T. Guiguemdé

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, France
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  • Oumar S. Sawadogo

      Affiliations

    • Service de Dermato-vénérologie, Centre Raoul Follereau, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, France
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  • Christian Bories

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Pharmacie de Chatenay-Malabry, 92290, France
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  • Kadidiatou L. Traore

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, France
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  • Désiré Nezien

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, France
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  • Laetitia Nikiema

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, France
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  • Francine Pratlong

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, CHU de Montpellier, 34000, France
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  • Pierre Marty

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, CHU de Nice, 06000, France
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  • René Houin

      Affiliations

    • Service de Parasitologie, UMR 956, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, AP.HP 94010, France
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  • Michele Deniau

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Michele Deniau, Service de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, CHU Henri Mondor, 94010 Créteil, France; phone +33 1 4981 3631, fax +33 1 4981 3601
    • Service de Parasitologie, UMR 956, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, AP.HP 94010, France

Received 14 February 2002; received in revised form 25 July 2002; accepted 13 August 2002.

Abstract 

The incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) has increased in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso since 1996. A study was carried out from September to November 2000 to determine the impact of HIV on this outbreak. Of 74 CL patients, 10 were co-infected with HIV. The percentage of CL in patients positive for HIV was slightly higher than the percentage of HIV patients in Ouagadougou. However, the study showed that HIV infection did not increase the risk of CL infection.

Keywords:  cutaneous leishmaniasis, Leishmania major, AIDS, HIV, epidemiology, Burkina Faso

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PII: S0035-9203(03)90109-X

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 97, Issue 2 , Pages 168-169, March 2003

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