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21679680

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-25
pubmed:abstractText
Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum (syn. L. chagasi) infection is a zoonotic disease present mainly in Mediterranean basin, central Asia and Brazil. Besides a limited number of human cases of clinical visceral leishmaniasis, a great number of infections remains asymptomatic. In this review, the prevalence of asymptomatic carriers of L. infantum was evaluated worldwide using parasitological methods or indirect testing such as a skin test or serology. The consequences of the presence of asymptomatic carriers on parasite transmission by blood donation or the development of clinical visceral leishmaniasis in immunocompromised individuals and its possible role as reservoir are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1873-6254
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-75
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Importance of worldwide asymptomatic carriers of Leishmania infantum (L. chagasi) in human.
pubmed:affiliation
Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France. gmichel@unice.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review