Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1974 · 117 citations · 4 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesPathologyParasite ImmunologyParasitologyProtozoologyComplement SystemImmunopathology Of Parasitic DiseaseParasite AntigensParasitic Disease DiagnosisParasitic DiseasesParasitic PathologyAsymptomatic PresentationGranulomatous Response To ParasitesImmunopathology Of LeishmaniasisLeishmaniasis PathogenesisLeishmaniasis PathologyLeishmaniasis-associated GranulomasParasitic Pathology DiagnosisVisceral Leishmaniasis
Serological screening of the population during an outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Emilia-Romagna region (Northern Italy) in 1971–1972 showed 6 individuals to have high titres of complement fixing antibody to BCG antigen, multiple hepatic epithehoid granulomata (with the presence of intracellular leishmania in one) and subsequent reaction to leishmanin. All individuals were asymptomatic with the exception of one in whom there was slight splenic enlargement.
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