Low parasite load estimated by qPCR in a cohort of children living in urban area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Letícia Helena dos Santos Marques (Author), Luciana Inácia Gomes (Author), Iara Caixeta Marques da Rocha (Author), Thaís Almeida Marques da Silva (Author), Edward Oliveira (Author), Maria Helena Franco Morais (Author), Ana Rabello (Author), Mariângela Carneiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: An important issue associated with the control of visceral leishmaniasis is the need to identify and understand the relevance of asymptomatic infection caused by Leishmania infantum. The aim of this study was to follow the course of asymptomatic L. infantum infection in children in an ar...