Revisiting leishmaniasis in the time of war: the Syrian conflict and the Lebanese outbreak.

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Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease, endemic in many worldwide foci including the Middle East. Several outbreaks have occurred in the Middle East over the past decades, mostly related to war-associated population migration. With the start of the Syrian war, the frequency and magnitude of these outbreaks increased alarmingly. We describe the epidemiology of Leishmania infection in Lebanon and the most recent outbreak relevant to the Syrian war.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int. J. Infect. Dis.

Title: International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

ISSN (Electronic): 1878-3511

ISSN (Print): 1201-9712

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2014

Volume: 29

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[1 ] Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

[2 ] Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

[3 ] Faculty of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Jbeil, Lebanon.

[4 ] Communicable Diseases Department, Ministry of Public Health, Beirut, Lebanon.

[5 ] Epidemiological Surveillance Department, Ministry of Public Health, Beirut, Lebanon.

[6 ] Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. Electronic address: ab00@aub.edu.lb.

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Publisher Item ID: S1201-9712(14)01519-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.04.023

PubMed ID: 25449245

SO-VID: c2f92cec-1623-49cb-ab6d-7aa39d56f948

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Keywords: Cutaneous leishmaniasis,Lebanon,Leishmania,Middle East,Visceral leishmaniasis

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Keywords: Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Lebanon, Leishmania, Middle East, Visceral leishmaniasis

Revisiting leishmaniasis in the time of war: the Syrian conflict and the Lebanese outbreak.

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