Ecoepidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Israel

A total of 161 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica occurred in the Jerusalem district during 2004–2005; 127 (79%) cases were in a town just outside Jerusalem. Environmental models suggest that in the context of global warming, this outbreak has the potential to extend into...

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Autores principales: Singer, Shepherd Roee, Abramson, Nitsa, Shoob, Hanna, Zaken, Ora, Zentner, Gary, Stein-Zamir, Chen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.071100
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Sumario:A total of 161 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica occurred in the Jerusalem district during 2004–2005; 127 (79%) cases were in a town just outside Jerusalem. Environmental models suggest that in the context of global warming, this outbreak has the potential to extend into Jerusalem.

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