ArticleParasitology research2018
Asymptomatic carriers of Leishmania infantum in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Morocco.
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- Prevalence of visceral leishmaniasis among people with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2023Pooled it
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- T-cell activation and senescence in asymptomatic HIV/Leishmania infantum co-infection.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Assessment of asymptomaticFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- A Community Based Survey of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning Leishmaniasis in Central Morocco.Journal of community health · 2022Article
- Identification of asymptomatic Leishmania infections: a scoping review.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Asymptomatic Leishmania infection in HIV-positive outpatients on antiretroviral therapy in Pernambuco, Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Frequency of Leishmania spp. infection among HIV-infected patients living in an urban area in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
- Role of asymptomatic and symptomatic humans as reservoirs of visceral leishmaniasis in a Mediterranean context.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
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- Subclinical Leishmania infection in patients with rheumatic diseases under biological drugs.Infection · 2018Article
- Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection: current perspectives.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Review
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Abstract
In Morocco, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease caused by the flagellated protozoan parasite Leishmania infantum. L. infantum is transmitted by the bite of female phlebotomine sandflies, and its main reservoir hosts are domestic dogs. Asymptomatic infection with L. infantum is more frequent than clinically apparent disease. In HIV-infected patients, the risk of clinical VL is increased due to immunosuppression that may reactivate latent infections. However, coinfected subjects do not necessarily develop VL and may remain as asymptomatic carriers depending on their immune status. The present study investigates the asymptomatic carriers of L. infantum in HIV-infected patients in central Morocco, where human cases of visceral leishmaniasis by L. infantum have been reported. A total of 200 HIV-infected patients attending the Infectious Diseases Unit of the Ibn Zohar Hospital of Marrakech participated in the study. Parasitological and serological blood analyses included a direct microscopic examination (DME), culture in Novy-McNeal-Nicolle (NNN) medium, and serology by indirect immunofluorescence (IFI). We found prevalence rates of 5% (10/200) by IFI, 3% (6/200) by DME, and 2.5% (5/200) by culture. The parasite was identified as L. infantum by PCR from positive cultures.
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