Cytokine Release Assays as Tests for Exposure to Leishmania, and for Confirming Cure from Leishmaniasis, in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

• Main Authors: Eugenia Carrillo (Author), Nerea Carrasco-Antón (Author), Francisco López-Medrano (Author), Efrén Salto (Author), Laura Fernández (Author), Juan Víctor San Martín (Author), Jorge Alvar (Author), Jose María Aguado (Author), Javier Moreno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Spain has one of the world's largest pools of organ donors and is a global leader in terms of the number of transplants it performs. The current outbreak of leishmaniasis in Fuenlabrada (in the southwest of the region of Madrid, Spain) has involved 600 clinical cases since late 2009 (prevalence...