Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection in East Africa.

• Main Authors: Ermias Diro (Author), Lutgarde Lynen (Author), Koert Ritmeijer (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author), Asrat Hailu (Author), Johan van Griensven (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is an important protozoan opportunistic disease in HIV patients in endemic areas. East Africa is second to the Indian subcontinent in the global VL caseload and first in VL-HIV coinfection rate. Because of the alteration in the disease course, the diagnostic challenges, a...