1. What is AIDS in Guadeloupe? A descriptive and comparative study
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Narcisse Elenga, I Lamaury, Mathieu Nacher, Gilles Beaucaire, Thierry Messiaen, Marie-Thérèse Georger-Sow, Isabelle Favre, Service de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le Virus de L'Immunodéficience Humaine [Pointe-à-Pitre] (COREVIH), CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe], Service des maladies infectieuses, Centre d'investigation clinique Antilles-Guyane (CIC - Antilles Guyane), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU de la Martinique [Fort de France]-CHU Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes [Guadeloupe] -Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française], Coordination Régionale de la lutte contre le Virus de L'Immunodéficience Humaine [Cayenne] (COREVIH), and ADENIS, ANTOINE
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Male ,MESH: Sexual Behavior ,Pediatrics ,Urban Population ,MESH: Aged, 80 and over ,MESH: Cross-Cultural Comparison ,Hiv infected patients ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Guadeloupe ,Aged, 80 and over ,MESH: Aged ,MESH: Middle Aged ,MESH: AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ,Middle Aged ,French Guiana ,AIDS ,MESH: Urban Population ,Infectious Diseases ,Sexual behavior ,MESH: Young Adult ,Population Surveillance ,Female ,France ,HIV-infected patients ,Adult ,Cross-Cultural Comparison ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Mandatory reporting ,Adolescent ,Sexual Behavior ,Ecology (disciplines) ,Dermatology ,MESH: Population Surveillance ,Young Adult ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,MESH: French Guiana ,medicine ,Humans ,MESH: Guadeloupe ,Epidemics ,MESH: Epidemics ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,MESH: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,MESH: Adolescent ,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,MESH: Humans ,AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,MESH: Retrospective Studies ,MESH: Adult ,Retrospective cohort study ,Mandatory Reporting ,medicine.disease ,Cross-cultural studies ,MESH: Male ,MESH: France ,Metropolitan France ,[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,MESH: Mandatory Reporting ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,business ,MESH: Female ,Demography - Abstract
International audience; Since the pathogen ecology differs between Caribbean regions, specific differences in the most frequent clinical presentations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) may be expected. We therefore conducted the present retrospective cohort study in order to describe the main AIDS-defining events in Guadeloupe and to compare them with those observed in Metropolitan France and in French Guiana. We discuss the local pathogen ecology, the diagnostic limitations of hospitals in overseas territories and the drivers of the epidemic.
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- 2013