Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Iran could be considered as an emerging disease that is rapidly increasing and expanding its traditional geographical range to new foci. Sixteen registered emerging epidemics have occurred since 1998 in different provinces. Various risk factors, including agricultural...
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| author | Iraj Sharifi Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian Zahra Babaei Fatemeh Sharifi Alireza Keyhani Ehsan Salarkia Ahmad Khosravi Ali Khamesipour Mehdi Mohebali Abolhassan Nadim Mehdi Bamorovat |
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| description | Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Iran could be considered as an emerging disease that is rapidly increasing and expanding its traditional geographical range to new foci. Sixteen registered emerging epidemics have occurred since 1998 in different provinces. Various risk factors, including agricultural development, earthquake, movement to endemic areas, construction of buildings near colonies of rodents, sleeping outside, cross-border movements, and poor sanitation, play crucial roles in the expansion of the disease. The mentioned risk factors can lead to the gradual or sudden emergence of new CL epidemics, and long-lasting endemic foci can also erupt into epidemics. This paper reviews the emerging epidemics published between 1998 and 2019 in Iran with particular emphasis on the operational aspects of control and related risk factors caused by anthroponotic CL (ACL) and zoonotic CL (ZCL). The competent surveillance system should be extended to all high-risk areas to facilitate controlling the emerging epidemics of ACL and ZCL in the affected areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3da126de2d441af8ef9e8a0fd328f6d2022-12-21T19:56:14ZengPasteur Institute of IranJournal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases2345-53492345-53302019-07-01735260Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control ApproachesIraj Sharifi0Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian1Zahra Babaei2Fatemeh Sharifi3Alireza Keyhani4Ehsan Salarkia5Ahmad Khosravi6Ali Khamesipour7Mehdi Mohebali8Abolhassan Nadim9Mehdi Bamorovat10 Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Research Center of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Pharmaceutics Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases & Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Iran could be considered as an emerging disease that is rapidly increasing and expanding its traditional geographical range to new foci. Sixteen registered emerging epidemics have occurred since 1998 in different provinces. Various risk factors, including agricultural development, earthquake, movement to endemic areas, construction of buildings near colonies of rodents, sleeping outside, cross-border movements, and poor sanitation, play crucial roles in the expansion of the disease. The mentioned risk factors can lead to the gradual or sudden emergence of new CL epidemics, and long-lasting endemic foci can also erupt into epidemics. This paper reviews the emerging epidemics published between 1998 and 2019 in Iran with particular emphasis on the operational aspects of control and related risk factors caused by anthroponotic CL (ACL) and zoonotic CL (ZCL). The competent surveillance system should be extended to all high-risk areas to facilitate controlling the emerging epidemics of ACL and ZCL in the affected areas.http://jommid.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-196-en.htmlcutaneous leishmaniasisemerging epidemicsrisk factorsmanagement and controliran |
| spellingShingle | Iraj Sharifi Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian Zahra Babaei Fatemeh Sharifi Alireza Keyhani Ehsan Salarkia Ahmad Khosravi Ali Khamesipour Mehdi Mohebali Abolhassan Nadim Mehdi Bamorovat Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases cutaneous leishmaniasis emerging epidemics risk factors management and control iran |
| title | Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches |
| title_full | Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches |
| title_fullStr | Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches |
| title_short | Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches |
| title_sort | emerging epidemics of cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran operational aspects management and implemented control approaches |
| topic | cutaneous leishmaniasis emerging epidemics risk factors management and control iran |
| url | http://jommid.pasteur.ac.ir/article-1-196-en.html |
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