Infectivity of Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis Patients to Sand Flies: Revisiting a Proof of Concept in the Context of the Kala-azar Elimination Program in the Indian Subcontinent

We compared xenodiagnosis with quantitative polymerase chain reaction in skin biopsies from 3 patients with maculopapular or nodular post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). All patients infected sand flies. Parasite loads in skin varied from 1428 to 63 058 parasites per microgram. PKDL detection...

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Autores principales: Molina, Ricardo, Ghosh, Debashis, Carrillo, Eugenia, Monnerat, Séverine, Bern, Caryn, Mondal, Dinesh, Alvar, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28520851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix245

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