Distribution and Risk of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Distribution and Risk of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a zoonotic infection caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus <i>Leishmania</i>. This study aimed to investigate CL in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan and to estimate the risk of epidemics. Clinico-epidemiological data of 3188 CL patients were c...

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Main Authors: Wasia Ullah, Tsai-Ying Yen, Sadaf Niaz, Nasreen Nasreen, Yu-Feng Tsai, Roger Ivan Rodriguez-Vivas, Adil Khan, Kun-Hsien Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
cutaneous leishmaniasis
<i>Leishmania</i>
clinico-epidemiology
geographic information systems (GIS)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/8/2/128

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