Visceral leishmaniasis in a German child who had never entered a known endemic area: case report and review of the literature - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 2001 Jan 15;32(2):302-6.

doi: 10.1086/318476. Epub 2000 Dec 29.

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Visceral leishmaniasis in a German child who had never entered a known endemic area: case report and review of the literature

C Bogdan et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2001.

Abstract

We describe a case of visceral leishmaniasis in a 15-month-old German child. Diagnosis was significantly delayed because the patient had no history of travel to known endemic areas. Congenital or blood transfusion-associated leishmaniasis was ruled out. Possible modes of transmission (including a potential new autochthonous focus of the disease in central Europe) are discussed.

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