Visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus

The current article reports the case of a 19-month-old-girl, from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with visceral leishmaniasis, by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-infection. The child's mother and father, aged 22 and 27 years old, respectively, wer...

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Main Authors: SILVA Eduardo Sérgio da, PACHECO Raquel Silva, GONTIJO Célia Maria Ferreira, CARVALHO Inácio Roberto, BRAZIL Reginaldo Peçanha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2002-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652002000300006