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Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 6(55), p. 429-431, 2013

DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652013000600011

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USEFULNESS OF kDNA PCR IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS REACTIVATION IN CO-INFECTED PATIENTS

Journal article published in 2013 by Nicodemo,Antonio Carlos, Regina Maia de Souza ORCID, Antonio Carlos Nicodemo, Valdir Sabbaga Amato, Felipe Francisco Tuon, Amato,Valdir Sabbaga, Tuon,Felipe Francisco, Souza,Regina Maia De, Regina Maia de Souza, Thelma Suely Okay ORCID, Okay,Thelma Suely, Braz,Lucia Maria Almeida, Lúcia Maria Almeida Braz
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Abstract

SUMMARY It is important to develop new methods for diagnosing relapses in the co-infection of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and HIV to enable earlier detection using less invasive methods. We report a case of a co-infected patient who had relapses after VL treatment, where the qualitative kDNA PCR showed a good performance. The kDNA PCR seems to be a useful tool for diagnosing VL and may be a good marker for predicting VL relapses after treatment of co-infected patients with clinical symptoms of the disease.