Paediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Italy: A 'One Health' approach is needed

Vincenzo Lorusso; Filipe Dantas-Torres; Francesco Caprio; Mariano Manzionna; Nicola Santoro; Gad Baneth; Domenico Otranto

doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-123

Paediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Italy: A 'One Health' approach is needed

Vincenzo Lorusso, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Francesco Caprio, Mariano Manzionna, Nicola Santoro, Gad Baneth, Domenico Otranto

The Koret School of Veterinary Medicine

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Here we describe a case of paediatric visceral leishmaniasis recorded in an infant initially suspected for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia due to the clinical and haematological presentation. Eventually the patient was found positive for Leishmania infantum infection and successfully treated. This case emphasises how pivotal a 'One Health' approach is for diagnosing this zoonotic disease; highlighting the importance of including Visceral Leishmaniasis in the differential diagnosis of leukaemia-like syndromes in infants travelling to, and living in, the Mediterranean region.

Original language	English
Article number	123
Journal	Parasites and Vectors
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-123
State	Published - 2013

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