Chronic High-Level Parasitemia in HIV-Infected Individuals With or Without Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area in Northwest Ethiopia: Potential Superspreaders?

Johan van GriensvenSaskia van HentenAderajew KibretMekibib KassaHailemariam BeyeneSaïd AbdellatiAnnelies de HondtWim AdriaensenFlorian VogtMyrthe PareynKoert RitmeijerErmias Diro

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

These are the first data on chronic parasitemia in PWH from Leishmania donovani-endemic areas. PWH with asymptomatic and symptomatic Leishmania infection could potentially be highly infectious and constitute Leishmania superspreaders. Xenodiagnosis studies are required to confirm infectiousness.

Keyphrases

hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy
electronic health record
risk assessment
case control
climate change