New Clinicoepidemiologic Profile of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Morocco

During the past 20 years, cutaneous leishmaniasis has emerged as a major public health threat in Morocco. We describe distribution of Leishmania major and L. tropica in Morocco and a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. infantum. We recommend using molecular techniques to diagnose suspecte...

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Autores principales: Rhajaoui, Mohamed, Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed, Fellah, Hajiba, Azmi, Kifaya, Amarir, Fatima, Al-Jawabreh, Amer, Ereqat, Suheir, Planer, Joseph, Abdeen, Ziad
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252108
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.070946
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author Rhajaoui, Mohamed
Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed
Fellah, Hajiba
Azmi, Kifaya
Amarir, Fatima
Al-Jawabreh, Amer
Ereqat, Suheir
Planer, Joseph
Abdeen, Ziad
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Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed
Fellah, Hajiba
Azmi, Kifaya
Amarir, Fatima
Al-Jawabreh, Amer
Ereqat, Suheir
Planer, Joseph
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description During the past 20 years, cutaneous leishmaniasis has emerged as a major public health threat in Morocco. We describe distribution of Leishmania major and L. tropica in Morocco and a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. infantum. We recommend using molecular techniques to diagnose suspected leishmaniasis cases.
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spelling pubmed-28572672010-05-06 New Clinicoepidemiologic Profile of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Morocco Rhajaoui, Mohamed Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed Fellah, Hajiba Azmi, Kifaya Amarir, Fatima Al-Jawabreh, Amer Ereqat, Suheir Planer, Joseph Abdeen, Ziad Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During the past 20 years, cutaneous leishmaniasis has emerged as a major public health threat in Morocco. We describe distribution of Leishmania major and L. tropica in Morocco and a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. infantum. We recommend using molecular techniques to diagnose suspected leishmaniasis cases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2857267/ /pubmed/18252108 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.070946 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed
Fellah, Hajiba
Azmi, Kifaya
Amarir, Fatima
Al-Jawabreh, Amer
Ereqat, Suheir
Planer, Joseph
Abdeen, Ziad
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title_sort new clinicoepidemiologic profile of cutaneous leishmaniasis, morocco
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2857267/
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