Cutaneous leishmaniasis and conflict in Syria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 931-933

  Al Salem, Waleed S ^a   Pigott, David M ^b   Subramaniam, Krishanthi ^a   Haines, Lee Rafuse ^a   Kelly Hope, Louise ^a   Molyneux, David H ^a   Hay, Simon I ^b,c   Acosta Serrano, Alvaro ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE CAMP; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOLDIER; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; PARASITOLOGY; WARFARE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SYRIA; WARFARE;

EID: 84963811980     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2205.160042     Document Type: Letter

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