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Epidemiological survey on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in southwestern Iran
Author(s) -
MohammadReza Yaghoobi-Ershadi,
AmirAhmad Akhavan,
Ameneh Karimi,
Elham Jahanifard,
Mohammad Reza Abai,
Yavar Rassi,
Arshad Veysi,
AhmadAli Hanafi-Bojd,
Mostafa Hosseini,
Zahra Saeidi,
Mahdieh Tavakoli,
Mehdi Maleki,
Reza Jafari,
AbdulRahman Hejazi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of vector borne diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.581
H-Index - 41
ISSN - 0972-9062
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9062.310861
Subject(s) - cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmania major , veterinary medicine , vector (molecular biology) , phlebotomus , epidemiology , leishmaniasis , parasitic disease , leishmania , rodent , biology , disease , traditional medicine , medicine , parasite hosting , immunology , pathology , ecology , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science , gene , recombinant dna
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is still a public health threat in many rural areas of Iran. It causes considerable morbidity among a huge number of people in the endemic areas. Khuzestan is considered as a CL focus in Iran and recently several cases have been reported from Shush County. The aim of the current study was to determine different aspects of CL epidemiology in this County.

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