The concurrent occurrence of Leishmania chagasi infection and childhood acute leukemia in Brazil

Objective: This study investigated the co-existence of Leishmania chagasi infection and childhood leukemia in patients naïve to treatment; this has serious clinical and epidemiological implications. Methods: The seroprevalence of L. chagasi antibodies prior to any treatment was investigated in chi...

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Main Authors: Gisele Moledo de Vasconcelos, Fernanda Azevedo-Silva, Luiz Claudio dos Santos Thuler, Eugênia Terra Granado Pina, Celeste S.F. Souza, Katia Calabrese, Maria S. Pombo-de-Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842014000500356&lng=en&tlng=en