Low Parasite Load Estimated by qPCR in a Cohort of Children Living in Urban Area Endemic for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil - Concepedia

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Low Parasite Load Estimated by qPCR in a Cohort of Children Living in Urban Area Endemic for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil

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2012

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Letícia Helena dos Santos Marques, Luciana I. Gomes, Iara Caixeta Marques da Rocha, Thaís Almeida Marques da Silva, Edward Oliveira, Maria Helena Franco Morais, Ana Rabello, Mariângela Carneiro

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Abstract

The peripheral blood of asymptomatic children had a low and fluctuating quantity of Leishmania DNA and a significant decrease in parasitemia at 1-year follow-up. Quantitative PCR enables adequate monitoring of Leishmania infection.

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