Immunosuppression and GB virus C-RNA detection among HIV-infected patients in Cambodia.

In this survey, 213 patients in an antiretroviral treatment programme in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, were tested for GB virus C (GBV-C) RNA before treatment initiation. Most had advanced HIV infection, only 34 having CD4 cell counts > 200 cells/microl. GBV-C-RNA was detected in 35 patients.

[Malaria at the medical center of the mission of French cooperation in Bissao].

Malaria is the leading cause of disease in Guinea-Bissau. The consequences of the disease are further compounded by extremely low living conditions in one of the poorest nations of Africa. The Medical Dispensary and Social Center ran by the mission of the French Cooperation and Cultural Action in Bissau has set up a program to screen, treat, and monitor malaria.

[Leptospirosis in Mayotte].

We have got 42 leptospirosis cases from 1984 to 1989, in a retrospective study. The annual incidence is now, in a very high level (3.8/10,000 pers.