A long-lasting emerging epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeastern Iran: population movement and peri-urban settlements as a major risk factor

A long-lasting emerging epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeastern Iran: population movement and peri-urban settlements as a major risk factor

Abstract Background Epidemics of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are occurring more frequently and spreading faster and farther than before in many areas of the world. The present study aimed to assess a long-lasting emerging epidemic (2005–2019) of 5532 cases with anthroponotic CL (ACL) in peri-urban...

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Main Authors: Taiebeh Karimi, Iraj Sharifi, Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian, Behnaz Aflatoonian, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Ehsan Salarkia, Zahra Babaei, Farzaneh Zarinkar, Fatemeh Sharifi, Nima Hatami, Ahmad Khosravi, Arsalan Eskandari, Elyas Solimani, Mehdi Shafiee, Masoumeh Mozaffari, Amireh Heshmatkhah, Rezvan Amiri, Saeideh Farajzadeh, Alireza Kyhani, Abbas Aghaei Afshar, Abdollah Jafarzadeh, Mehdi Bamorovat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Population movement
Cutaneous leishmaniasis epidemic
PCR-RFLP
Phylogenetic analysis
Iran
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04619-3

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