Asymptomatic Visceral Leishmaniasis, Northern Israel

Asymptomatic human visceral leishmaniasis was identified in Israel by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Positive serum samples were more prevalent in visceral leishmaniasis–endemic (2.97%) compared to nonendemic (1.01%) regions (p=0.021). Parasite exposure was higher than expected, despite...

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Autores principales: Adini, Irit, Ephros, Moshe, Chen, Jacopo, Jaffe, Charles L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12643842
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0903.020297
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Sumario:Asymptomatic human visceral leishmaniasis was identified in Israel by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Positive serum samples were more prevalent in visceral leishmaniasis–endemic (2.97%) compared to nonendemic (1.01%) regions (p=0.021). Parasite exposure was higher than expected, despite the small number of clinical cases, suggesting factors other than infection per se influence clinical outcome.

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