Clinical aspects of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. infantum in adults. Ten years of experience of the largest outbreak in Europe: what have we learned?

Clinical aspects of visceral leishmaniasis caused by L. infantum in adults. Ten years of experience of the largest outbreak in Europe: what have we learned?

Abstract Background An outbreak of leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum was declared in the southwest of the Madrid region (Spain) in June 2009. This provided a unique opportunity to compare the management of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in immunocompetent adults (IC-VL), patients with HIV (HI...

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Main Authors: Luis Horrillo, Alicia Castro, Belén Matía, Laura Molina, Jesús García-Martínez, Jerónimo Jaqueti, Isabel García-Arata, Eugenia Carrillo, Javier Moreno, José Manuel Ruiz-Giardin, Juan San Martín
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
Leishmania infantum
Outbreak
Diagnosis
Therapy
Immunocompromised host
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3628-z

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