Visceral leishmaniasis in an infant in Brittany: discussion on the modes of transmission out endemic zones

Mauny, I.; Blanchot, I.; Degeilh, B.; Dabadie, A.; Guiguen, C.; Roussey, M.

Pediatrie 48(3): 237-239

1993


ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4021
PMID: 8393982
Document Number: 419002
The case of a 13 month-old-boy with visceral leishmaniasis acquired in Brittany, a region of France where leishmaniasis is not endemic, is presented. The mode of contamination remains unclear, although a transfusional origin through blood transfusions during the neonatal period appears the most likely.

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