Causes and consequences of higher Leishmania infantum burden in patients with kala-azar: a study of 625 patients
- Autores: Costa CHN, Costa DL, de Pinho FA, Pereira TC, Rolão N, Sene I, Silva JC, Zacarias DA
- Ano de Publicação: 2017
- Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tmi.12877
An infected host’s Leishmania infantum load in blood is considered to be an estimate of his or her total parasite burden. Therefore, the measurement of blood parasite burden is important in the identification of factors involved in parasite control. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed on blood samples from 625 patients with kala-azar consecutively admitted […]
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