Asymptomatic Leishmania infantum infection in blood donors living in an endemic area, northeastern Italy.
Ortalli M, De Pascali AM, Longo S, Pascarelli N, Porcellini A, Ruggeri D, Randi V, Procopio A, Re MC, Varani S.
Ortalli M, et al.
J Infect. 2020 Jan;80(1):116-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.09.019. Epub 2019 Oct 1.
J Infect. 2020.
PMID: 31585188
Overall, the prevalence of Leishmania infection in the blood donor cohort was 12.5%, thus indicating an elevated cumulative exposure to the Leishmania parasite in the examined municipality. ...
Overall, the prevalence of Leishmania infection in the blood donor cohort was 12.5%, thus indicating an elevated cumulative exposure …