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 DiroPublished 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.