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An outbreak of Leishmania major from an endemic to a non-endemic region posed a public health threat in Iraq from 2014-2017: Epidemiological, molecular and phylogenetic studies.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Mar 2018
Al-Bajalan Mariwan M M, Al-Jaf Sirwan M A, Niranji Sherko S, Abdulkareem Dler R, Al-Kayali Khudhair K, Kato Hirotomo
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BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected worldwide, zoonotic, vector-borne, tropical disease that is a threat to public health. This threat may spread from endemic to non-endemic areas. Current research has exploited epidemiological, molecular and phylogenetical studies to determine the danger of an outbreak of CL in the borderline area between northern and central Iraq from 2014-2017....
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