Leishmania spp. seropositivity in Austrian soldiers returning from the Kosovo

Leishmaniasis is a severe vector-borne disease with two main clinical forms, visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Both forms of leishmaniasis are also endemic in Mediterranean countries including the Balkan region from where mainly visceral leishmaniasis is reported. Austrian soldiers...

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Autores principales: Kniha, Edwin, Walochnik, Julia, Poeppl, Wolfgang, Mooseder, Gerhard, Obwaller, Adelheid G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2020
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6978428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31912288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-019-01598-5
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author Kniha, Edwin
Walochnik, Julia
Poeppl, Wolfgang
Mooseder, Gerhard
Obwaller, Adelheid G.
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description Leishmaniasis is a severe vector-borne disease with two main clinical forms, visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Both forms of leishmaniasis are also endemic in Mediterranean countries including the Balkan region from where mainly visceral leishmaniasis is reported. Austrian soldiers returning from Kosovo were screened for anti-Leishmania antibodies to assess the risk of infection during operations. Anti-Leishmania antibodies were detected in more than 20% of the soldiers investigated, which indicates a considerable risk of infection during missions in this area and thus suggests the application of protective measures. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00508-019-01598-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-69784282020-02-03 Leishmania spp. seropositivity in Austrian soldiers returning from the Kosovo Kniha, Edwin Walochnik, Julia Poeppl, Wolfgang Mooseder, Gerhard Obwaller, Adelheid G. Wien Klin Wochenschr Short Report Leishmaniasis is a severe vector-borne disease with two main clinical forms, visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Both forms of leishmaniasis are also endemic in Mediterranean countries including the Balkan region from where mainly visceral leishmaniasis is reported. Austrian soldiers returning from Kosovo were screened for anti-Leishmania antibodies to assess the risk of infection during operations. Anti-Leishmania antibodies were detected in more than 20% of the soldiers investigated, which indicates a considerable risk of infection during missions in this area and thus suggests the application of protective measures. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00508-019-01598-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Vienna 2020-01-07 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC6978428/ /pubmed/31912288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-019-01598-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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