Emerging Leishmania/HIV co-infection in Africa Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • The HIV/AIDS pandemic is spreading at an alarmingly high rate in Africa. Leishmaniasis is also highly prevalent in the continent. Despite the emergence of Leishmania/HIV co-infection in Africa, the numbers reported are disproportionately low. Moreover, the number of cases of co-infection is expected to rise in Africa owing to the simultaneous spread of the two infectious diseases and their increasingly overlapping geographical distribution.

authors

  • Wolday, Dawit
  • Berhe, Nega
  • Akuffo, Hannah
  • Desjeux, Philippe
  • Britton, Sven

publication date

  • November 2001