title: Autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in the Russian Federation and the role of polymerase chain reaction as an alternative diagnostic method
abstract: The aim of the work is to summarize the available literature data on cases of visceral leishmaniasis in children registered in the Russian Federation, as well as to describe our own clinical observation of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis in a 9-year-old child, in the diagnosis of which the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was used. Materials and methods: a review of domestic and foreign literature over the past 20 years, including Internet resources, was carried out. We observed a 9-y
journal: CHILDREN INFECTIONS