Ongoing Epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Syrian Refugees, Lebanon

In September 2012, a cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak began among Syrian refugees in Lebanon. For 948 patients in whom leishmaniasis was not confirmed, we obtained samples for microscopic confirmation and molecular speciation. We identified Leishmania tropica in 85% and L. major in 15% of patients....

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Autores principales: Saroufim, Maya, Charafeddine, Khalil, Issa, Grace, Khalifeh, Haifaa, Habib, Robert H., Berry, Atika, Ghosn, Nada, Rady, Alissar, Khalifeh, Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25279543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.140288
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Sumario:In September 2012, a cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak began among Syrian refugees in Lebanon. For 948 patients in whom leishmaniasis was not confirmed, we obtained samples for microscopic confirmation and molecular speciation. We identified Leishmania tropica in 85% and L. major in 15% of patients. After 3 months of megulamine antimonite therapy, patients initial cure rate was 82%.

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