Epidemiological Changes in Leishmaniasis in Spain According to Hospitalization-Based Records, 1997–2011: Raising Awareness towards Leishmaniasis in Non-HIV Patients

Herrador, Zaida; Gherasim, Alin; Carolina Jimenez, B.; Granados, M.; Victor San Martín, Juan; Aparicio, Pilar

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003594

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Epidemiological Changes in Leishmaniasis in Spain According to Hospitalization-Based Records, 1997–2011: Raising Awareness towards Leishmaniasis in Non-HIV Patients

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Mar 10, 2015

Authors:

Zaida Herrador

Alin Gherasim

B. Carolina Jimenez

Abstract

In Spain, Leishmania infantum is endemic, human visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis cases occurring both in the Peninsula, as well as in the Balearic Islands. We aimed to describe the clinical characteristics of leishmaniasis patients and the changes in the disease evolution after the introduction ...

Subject

Visceral leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis

Medicine

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