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Autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in a Tanzanian child: a diagnostic challenge

2026-07-27

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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background:</bold> Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is rarely reported from Tanzania, and clinical suspicion may be low outside historically endemic East African foci. Delayed diagnosis contributes to prolonged morbidity and transfusion-related complications. <bold>Case presentation:</bold> We report an 8-year-old boy from Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania, with a two-y...

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Literature Corpus work: 2212560f-5a76-56d1-aa68-8e6c8c8c5b01
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-10468195/v1

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