Seroprevalence of Leishmania infection among asymptomatic renal transplant recipients from southern Spain Elmahallawy, Ehab Kotb Cuadros-Moronta, E. Liébana Martos, María del Carmen Rodríguez-Granger, Javier Moises Sampedro-Martínez, Antonio Agil Abdalla, Mhmad Ahmad Navarro Marí, José María Bravo Soto, Juan Gutiérrez Fernández, José Seroprevalence Leishmaniasis Renal transplant recipient Support: E.K. Elmahallawy has a PhD scholarship (number 736) from Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program (ELEMENT Action 1 First call). Background: The aim of this article is to assess the seroprevalence of Leishmania infection among asymptomatic renal transplant recipients in a population in the south of Spain. Methods: Serum samples were screened for immunoglobulin-G antibodies against Leishmania with an indirect fluorescent antibody test. Results: Of 625 examined serum samples, 30 (4.8%) samples were positive for Leishmania antibodies. Thirteen samples showed titers of 1:80, 15 samples showed titers of 1:160, and 2 samples showed titers of 1:320. None of the patients with positive serology to Leishmania showed signs or symptoms compatible with leishmaniasis. Conclusion: The prevalence of Leishmania infection found among asymptomatic renal transplant patients reinforces the need for attention in evaluation of these patients in endemic areas. 2024-04-02T12:22:27Z 2024-04-02T12:22:27Z 2015-12 journal article Elmahallawy et al. Leishmania in renal transplant. Transplant Infectious Disease 2015: 17: 795–799. DOI: 10.1111/tid.12444 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90319 10.1111/tid.12444 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Wiley