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Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected individuals using peripheral blood smears

DOI

73

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0

References

1993

Year

María Pilar Martínez Díaz, Elvira de la Vega, F Laguna, Sabino Puente, V. Moreno, Maria José Sentchordi, Carlos García-Aguado, Juan González‐Lahoz
AIDS

Abstract

Direct visualization of Leishmania amastigotes in leukocytes on peripheral blood smears enabled the diagnosis of kala-azar in a high proportion [eight out of 15 (53%)] of our HIV-infected patients.