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 ,Revised 25 July 2002 ,Accepted 13 August 2002.

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