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Environmental Factors as Key Determinants for Visceral Leishmaniasis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, Madrid, Spain

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 23, Issue 7, Pages 1155-1159

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid2307.151251

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  1. World Health Organization [APW-2012/271093-O]
  2. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Proyecto Integrado de Excelencia) [13/00045]
  3. European Regional Development Fund
  4. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Instituto de Salud Carlos III [JR14/00036]

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During a visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in an area of Madrid, Spain, the incidence of disease among solid organ transplant recipients was 10.3% (7/68). Being a black person from sub-Saharan Africa, undergoing transplantation during the outbreak, and residing < 1,000 m from the epidemic focus were risk factors for posttransplant visceral leishmaniasis.

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