The role of dermatology in Kaposi sarcoma diagnosis across 3 regions in sub-Saharan Africa

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Dec;85(6):1414-1417. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.114. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
⁴ Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
⁵ Ministry of Health of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
⁶ National Hospital Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁷ University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁸ Institute of Human Virology, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁹ Centre Inserm 1219 and Institut de Santé Publique d'épidémiologie et de développement, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
¹⁰ University of California, San Francisco, California.
¹¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Africa; IeDEA; Kaposi sarcoma; biopsy; cancer; global health; health care systems; medical dermatology; skin.

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