A screen-and-treat strategy targeting visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected individuals in endemic East African countries: the way forward?

• Main Authors: Johan van Griensven (Author), Ermias Diro (Author), Rogelio Lopez-Velez (Author), Koert Ritmeijer (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author), Ed E Zijlstra (Author), Asrat Hailu (Author), Lutgarde Lynen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the wake of the HIV epidemic, visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a disseminated protozoan infection caused by the Leishmania donovani complex, has been re-emerging, particularly in North Ethiopia where up to 40% of patients with VL are co-infected with HIV. Management of VL in HIV co-infection is compl...