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
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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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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author Saroufim, Maya
Charafeddine, Khalil
Issa, Grace
Khalifeh, Haifaa
Habib, Robert H.
Berry, Atika
Ghosn, Nada
Rady, Alissar
Khalifeh, Ibrahim
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Charafeddine, Khalil
Issa, Grace
Khalifeh, Haifaa
Habib, Robert H.
Berry, Atika
Ghosn, Nada
Rady, Alissar
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description 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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spelling pubmed-41932752014-10-15 Ongoing Epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Syrian Refugees, Lebanon Saroufim, Maya Charafeddine, Khalil Issa, Grace Khalifeh, Haifaa Habib, Robert H. Berry, Atika Ghosn, Nada Rady, Alissar Khalifeh, Ibrahim Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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%. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4193275/ /pubmed/25279543 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2010.140288 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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Saroufim, Maya
Charafeddine, Khalil
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Habib, Robert H.
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Ghosn, Nada
Rady, Alissar
Khalifeh, Ibrahim
Ongoing Epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Syrian Refugees, Lebanon
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title_fullStr Ongoing Epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Syrian Refugees, Lebanon
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title_short Ongoing Epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Syrian Refugees, Lebanon
title_sort ongoing epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis among syrian refugees, lebanon
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url 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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