Search Results - "ABBOUD, Philippe"
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What is AIDS in the Amazon and the Guianas in the 90-90-90 era?
Published in PloS one (24-07-2020)“…Introduction In the past decade, new diagnostic methods and strategies have appeared, HIV testing efforts and the generalization of antiretroviral therapy may…”
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Outbreak of Oropouche Virus in French Guiana
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-10-2021)“…Oropouche fever is a zoonotic dengue-like syndrome caused by Oropouche virus. In August-September 2020, dengue-like syndrome developed in 41 patients in a…”
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Establishing the proportion of severe/moderately severe vs mild cases of progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with HIV
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (04-11-2022)“…Background Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis remains a major but neglected cause of death among patients with advanced HIV. Recently, aiming to reduce…”
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Gastrointestinal disseminated histoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients: A descriptive and comparative study
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (22-01-2021)“…Disseminated histoplasmosis is one the main AIDS-defining opportunistic infections in HIV-infected patients, notably in Latin America. The non-specific and…”
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Primary or secondary prevention of HIV-associated histoplasmosis during the early antiretrovirals for all era
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (02-02-2023)“…[...]in this view, early on, patients have few or no symptoms until the fungal burden reaches symptomatic levels. [...]after adjusting for age, sex, and CD4…”
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Symptomatic Chikungunya Virus Infection and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Nested Case-Control Study in French Guiana
Published in Viruses (02-12-2022)“…During the Chikungunya epidemic in the Caribbean and Latin America, pregnant women were affected by the virus in French Guiana. The question of the impact of…”
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Estimation of the duration between HIV seroconversion and HIV diagnosis in different population groups in French Guiana: Strategic information to reduce the proportion of undiagnosed infections
Published in PloS one (22-06-2018)“…Given the great efforts put into the strategic objective of reducing the proportion of HIV-infected patients that are undiagnosed, the aim of the present study…”
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HIV patients dying on anti-tuberculosis treatment: are undiagnosed infections still a problem in French Guiana?
Published in BMC research notes (10-04-2020)“…Despite scaling-up testing and antiretroviral treatment in Latin America, advanced HIV remains a significant public health problem. The objective of the…”
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Epidemiological assessment of the severity of dengue epidemics in French Guiana
Published in PloS one (14-02-2017)“…Dengue fever is the most important arboviral infection that affects humans, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Here, we provide the first…”
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Case Report: Invasive Cryptococcosis in French Guiana: Immune and Genetic Investigation in Six Non-HIV Patients
Published in Frontiers in immunology (26-04-2022)“…We describe the clinical, mycological, immunological, and genetic characteristics of six HIV-negative patients presenting with invasive cryptococcosis…”
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Unique clone of Coxiella burnetii causing severe Q fever, French Guiana
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-07-2013)“…Acute Q fever is an emergent and severe disease in French Guiana. We obtained 5 Coxiella burnetii isolates from samples of patients from Cayenne and found an…”
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis During HIV Infection in Cayenne Hospital 2012-2015: First Think Histoplasmosis
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (24-09-2020)“…Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), during HIV infection is a rare complication with a poor prognosis. There are few data on HLH within the Amazon…”
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Attitudes towards the COVID-19 Vaccine and Willingness to Get Vaccinated among Healthcare Workers in French Guiana: The Influence of Geographical Origin
Published in Vaccines (Basel) (21-06-2021)“…In the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the expansion of the more transmissible 20J/501Y.V3 (Gamma) variant of concern (VOC), mRNA vaccines have…”
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HIV-Associated Disseminated Histoplasmosis and Rare Adrenal Involvement: Evidence of Absence or Absence of Evidence
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (15-03-2021)“…Adrenal histoplasmosis and primary adrenal insufficiency are mostly described in immunocompetent patients. This particular tropism is attributed to the…”
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Q Fever in French Guiana: Tip of the Iceberg or Epidemiological Exception?
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (05-05-2016)“…Recently, Q fever was confirmed in patients and animals in parts of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Table 1). [...]there are no publications on Q fever in the…”
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Reduced Severity in Patients With HIV-Associated Disseminated Histoplasmosis With Deep Lymphadenopathies: A Trench War Remains Within the Lymph Nodes?
Published in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology (08-02-2021)“…Disseminated histoplasmosis is a major killer of patients with advanced HIV. It is proteiform and often hard to diagnose in the absence of diagnostic tests. We…”
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The Epidemiology of COVID 19 in the Amazon and the Guianas: Similarities, Differences, and International Comparisons
Published in Frontiers in public health (11-03-2021)“…The COVID 19 epidemic submerged many health systems in the Amazon. The objective of the present study was to focus on the epidemic curves of the COVID 19…”
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Primaquine 30 mg/day versus 15 mg/day during 14 days for the prevention of Plasmodium vivax relapses in adults in French Guiana: a historical comparison
Published in Malaria journal (19-06-2018)“…The preventive treatment of Plasmodium vivax relapse recommended by the World Health Organization is primaquine at a dose of 15 mg/day for 14 days, except for…”
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Forty Years of HIV Research in French Guiana: Comprehend to Combat
Published in Pathogens (Basel) (28-05-2024)“…The drivers of the HIV epidemic, the viruses, the opportunistic infections, the attitudes and the resources allocated to the fight against HIV/AIDS, vary…”
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Histoplasmosis or tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in the amazon: what should be treated first?
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2014)“… [...]clinicians facing a severely immunocompromised patient often need to consider both alternatives and make a decision. Since what treatment to start and…”
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