title: What is AIDS in the Amazon and the Guianas? Establishing the burden of disseminated histoplasmosis.
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).
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Epidémiologie Clinique Antilles Guyane (CIC EC CIE802), Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne. Mathieu.nacher@ch-cayenne.fr
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nacher
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adenis
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adriouch
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papot
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanf
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vantilcke
authors.forename: Mélanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Calvez
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aznar
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carme
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Couppié
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004463:Ecology; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies