Forty-nine HIV-infected patients with visceralleishmaniasis were included in the study.
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Most studies of asymptomatic infection have been conducted in areas of endemic visceralleishmaniasis.
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India, Bangladesh, and Nepal agreed recently to undertake measures towards the elimination of visceralleishmaniasis.
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Among the protozoan zoonoses, most of the cases were reported in patients with visceralleishmaniasis.
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Cholestasis complicating severe sepsis and visceralleishmaniasis were excluded.
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Conventional treatments for the condition, also known as kala-azar, take much longer and have a greater risk of side effects.
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Indian kala-azar patients have normal numbers of peripheral blood NK cells but impaired functional activity due to decreased binding and lysis of target cells.