Asymptomatic immune responders to Leishmania among HIV positive patients.

• Main Authors: Laura Botana (Author), Ana Victoria Ibarra-Meneses (Author), Carmen Sánchez (Author), Alicia Castro (Author), Juan Victor San Martin (Author), Laura Molina (Author), Jose Manuel Ruiz-Giardin (Author), Eugenia Carrillo (Author), Javier Moreno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Concomitant infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the Leishmania parasite is a growing public health problem, the result of the former spreading to areas where the latter is endemic. Leishmania infection is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals, but the proportion of HI...