High prevalence of asymptomatic leishmania spp. infection among liver transplant recipients and donors from an endemic area of brazil

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-101

  Clemente, W T ^a,b   Rabello, A ^c   Faria, L C ^a,b   Peruhype Magalhaes V ^c   Gomes, L I ^c   Da Silva, T A M ^c   Nunes, R V P ^a   Iodith, J B ^a   Protil, K Z ^a   Fernandes, H R ^a   Cortes, J R G ^a   Lima, S S S ^a   Lima, A S ^a,b   Romanelli, R M C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Donor and recipient infections; liver transplantation; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DONOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84891005927     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12521     Document Type: Article

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