Epidemiological and immunological aspects of human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela

Epidemiological and immunological aspects of human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela

Sixty-five patients were diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) on Margarita Island in the decade from 1990 to1999; 86.2% were <= 3 years old. All were leishmanin-negative at diagnosis. Evaluation of 23 cured patients in 1999 revealed that 22/23 had converted to leishmanin-positive; five had...

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Main Authors: Olga Zerpa, Marian Ulrich, Margarita Benitez, Concepción Ávila, Vestalia Rodríguez, Marta Centeno, Doris Belizario, Steven G Reed, Jacinto Convit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
American visceral leishmaniasis
rK39 antigen
leishmanin reactions
control
Margarita Island
Venezuela
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