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Abdominal ultrasound in the diagnostic work-up of visceral leishmaniasis and for detection of complications of spleen aspiration.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Abdominal ultrasound (US) is increasingly used in the diagnostic work-up of infectious diseases, but studies on its diagnostic value in visceral leishmaniasis (VL) are lacking. US could help to identify complications of spleen aspiration (SA). We aimed to assess the...

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Main Authors:	Rezika Mohammed (Author), Yonathan Gebrewold (Author), Angela Schuster (Author), Helina Fikre (Author), Tigist Mekonnen (Author), Tadele Mulaw (Author), Tadfe Bogale (Author), Florian Vogt (Author), Ermias Diro (Author), Johan van Griensven (Author)
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Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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