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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

2001; Oxford University Press; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/318476

1537-6591

Christian Bogdan, Gabriele Schönian, Anne‐Laure Bañuls, Mallorie Hidé, Francine Pratlong, Elizabeth C. Lorenz, Martin Röllinghoff, R. Mertens,

Parasites and Host Interactions

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.