Relapses versus Reinfections in Patients Coinfected withLeishmania infantumand Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1

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In the Mediterranean basin, Leishmania infantum is a major opportunistic parasite in people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and up to 9% of the patients with AIDS suffer from newly acquired or reactivated visceral leishmaniasis. Distinguishing between reinfections and relapses in these patients is important because some apparent treatment failures occur in patients with new rather than reactivated...

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