Ecoepidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, Israel.

Emerg Infect Dis

Jerusalem District Health Office, Jerusalem, Israel.

Published: September 2008

A total of 161 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica occurred in the Jerusalem district during 2004-2005; 127 (79%) cases were in a town just outside Jerusalem. Environmental models suggest that in the context of global warming, this outbreak has the potential to extend into Jerusalem.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603121PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.071100DOI Listing

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