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VL occurring in kidney transplant recipients is a severe event, often worsening the renal damage and leading to poor outcome. It is believed that most of VL cases in transplant recipients are caused by reactivation of a pre-existent, dormant leishmanial infection induced by the immunosuppressive drugs. Nevertheless, the prevalence of asymptomatic\n                    <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection in candidates to kidney transplant residing in or visiting endemic areas is unknown. As\n                    <jats:italic>L. infantum<\/jats:italic>\n                    is highly circulating in northeastern Italy, we aimed to examine the occurrence of this parasitic infection in 119 dialysis patients living in the mentioned area, 71 of whom were potential candidates to kidney transplant. 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