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Our purpose was to investigate the prevalence of <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic> in the blood of patients with active or previous CL. This pilot study screened patients with active or previous CL for parasites in their blood. All patients were infected in Israel or were returning travelers with leishmaniasis acquired in Latin America. Patients were seen at the Sheba Medical Center. In addition, patients were seen at their homes in <jats:italic>L. tropica<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>L. major<\/jats:italic> endemic regions in Israel. Blood samples were taken from each patient for culture and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Altogether 62 blood samples were examined (<jats:italic>L. tropica<\/jats:italic> = 26, <jats:italic>L. major<\/jats:italic> = 33, and <jats:italic>L. braziliensis<\/jats:italic> = 3). Twenty-seven patients had an active disease and 35 were recovered. All blood cultures and PCR were negative for parasites except one blood sample that was PCR positive for <jats:italic>L. braziliensis<\/jats:italic>. The findings of our study, although a small sample, suggest that people with active or recent CL caused by <jats:italic>L. major<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>L. tropica<\/jats:italic>, do not harbor parasites in their blood. Thus, their exclusion from blood donation should be revisited. 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