The diagnostic accuracy of serologic and molecular methods for detecting visceral leishmaniasis in HIV infected patients: meta-analysis.

• Principais autores: Gláucia Fernandes Cota (Autor), Marcos Roberto de Sousa (Autor), Fábio Nogueira Demarqui (Autor), Ana Rabello (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a potentially fatal disease, has emerged as an important opportunistic condition in HIV infected patients. In immunocompromised patients, serological investigation is considered not an accurate diagnostic method for VL diagnosis and molecular techniques...