title: Low sensitivity of peripheral blood smear for diagnosis of subclinical visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients.
abstract: The peripheral blood smear is an easy method for the diagnosis of symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients. However, its efficiency in diagnosing subclinical VL remains unknown. In this study, Leishmania amastigotes were seen in blood smears from 1 of 13 HIV-1-positive individuals with subclinical VL. This shows that this procedure is not suitable for subclinical-VL diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Viral Hepatitis & AIDS Study Group, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain. iaguado@cica.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pineda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macías
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Regordán
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Quijano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lissen
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity