Original Article
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World J Hepatol. Dec 27, 2012; 4(12): 365-373
Published online Dec 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i12.365
Prevalence of HIV and HCV infections in two populations of Malian women and serological assays performances
Nouhoum Bouare, Dolores Vaira, Andre Gothot, Jean Delwaide, Sebastien Bontems, Laurence Seidel, Paul Gerard, Christiane Gerard
Nouhoum Bouare, Dolores Vaira, Andre Gothot, Sebastien Bontems, Christiane Gerard, Department of Hematobiology, Immuno-Hematology and AIDS Reference Laboratory B35, CHU-ULg, 4000 Liege, Belgium
Jean Delwaide, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, CHU-ULg, 4000 Liege, Belgium
Laurence Seidel, Department of Public Health (Biostatistics), CHU-ULg, 4000 Liege, Belgium
Paul Gerard, Institute of Mathematics, ULg, 4000 Liege, Belgium
Author contributions: Bouare N contributed to study conception, data collection, manuscript writing including drafting the article, analysis and interpretation of data; Gothot A and Delwaide J contributed to study conception and revised the manuscript; Vaira D and Bontems S contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data and revised the manuscript; Seidel L and Gerard P performed statistical analysis of data, and contributed to manuscript editing; Gerard C designed the study, supervised the analysis and interpretation of data and reviewed the manuscript.
Supported by The Belgian technical cooperation
Correspondence to: Dr. Christiane Gerard, Department of Hematobiology, Immuno-Hematology and AIDS Reference Laboratory B35, CHU-ULg, 4000 Liege, Belgium. christiane.gerard@chu.ulg.ac.be
Telephone: +32-4-3667551 Fax: +32-4-3667547
Received: June 19, 2012
Revised: October 15, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: December 27, 2012
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