Incidence of Endemic Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the United States | Zendy

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Incidence of Endemic Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the United States

Author(s) -

Bridget E. McIlwee,

Stephen E. Weis,

Gregory A. Hosler

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.2133

Subject(s) - leishmaniasis , medicine , cutaneous leishmaniasis , visceral leishmaniasis , disease , incidence (geometry) , documentation , observational study , environmental health , family medicine , immunology , pathology , physics , computer science , optics , programming language

Leishmaniasis is recognized as an endemic human disease in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and South America. Yet despite case reports of endemic human leishmaniasis in the United States, and well-documented occurrences of disease in various animal vectors and reservoirs, the endemicity of leishmaniasis in North America has not yet been established. Moreover, leishmaniasis is not a federally reportable disease in the United States. Clinical awareness of endemic disease therefore remains low, with North American physicians considering leishmaniasis a tropical disease.

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