Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection in Latin America.

• Main Authors: José Angelo Lindoso (Author), Gláucia Fernandes Cota (Author), Alda Maria da Cruz (Author), Hiro Goto (Author), Ana Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury (Author), Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero (Author), Márcia Leite de Sousa-Gomes (Author), Joanna Reis Santos-Oliveira (Author), Ana Rabello (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an endemic zoonotic disease in Latin America caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum, which is transmitted by sand flies from the genus Lutzomyia. VL occurs in 12 countries of Latin America, with 96% of cases reported in Brazil. Recently, an increase in VL, primaril...