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Low Parasite Load Estimated by qPCR in a Cohort of Children Living in Urban Area Endemic for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil
BACKGROUND: An important issue associated with the control of visceral leishmaniasis is the need to identify and understand the relevance of asymptomatic infection caused by Leishmania infantum. The aim of this study was to follow the course of asymptomatic L. infantum infection in children in an ar...
Autores principales: | dos Santos Marques, Letícia Helena, Gomes, Luciana Inácia, da Rocha, Iara Caixeta Marques, da Silva, Thaís Almeida Marques, Oliveira, Edward, Morais, Maria Helena Franco, Rabello, Ana, Carneiro, Mariângela |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272263 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001955 |
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