2019
DOI: 10.1007/s12639-018-1073-0
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis: an epidemiological study in southwest of Iran

Abstract: The current study was aimed to evaluate the frequency and epidemiological aspects of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the southwest of Iran, an endemic focus for the leishmaniasis from 2014 to 2017. In the present retrospective cross-sectional study, all suspicious CL persons who were referred to health centers affiliated to Abadan School of Medical Sciences (Abadan and Khorramshahr cities) were tested. In this regard, both clinical and parasitological (staining with Giemsa) verifications were performed to diag… Show more

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“…Based on our findings, hand and leg were highly infected. Moreover, many lesions observed in other parts of the body (forearm, neck, trunk) in the mix with hand and leg simultaneously (Table 1) The same as our assay has been presented in other projects (Khosravani et al 2014;Soltani et al 2019). L. major was noticeable species in our study province.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…Based on our findings, hand and leg were highly infected. Moreover, many lesions observed in other parts of the body (forearm, neck, trunk) in the mix with hand and leg simultaneously (Table 1) The same as our assay has been presented in other projects (Khosravani et al 2014;Soltani et al 2019). L. major was noticeable species in our study province.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…Applied health researchers are concerned with CL at an individual, community, and population level. Improving health services, public health programs and national policies are at the forefront of this strand of research (13)(14)(15). The objective of social scientists working on CL, on the other hand, is to examine how the social and cultural milieu shapes the experiences of those affected by CL (16)(17)(18).…”
Section: Research On CLmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, this disease affected farmers and students more than any other group in the community. Susangerd, Shushtar, Behbahan, Abadan, Khorramshahr, Shush, and Shadegan cities were well documented in this province [36,45,[63][64][65][66]141]. In Bushehr province, southwest of Iran, the incidence of CL was 1.7 per 10,000 in Dashtestan town located in the east of Bushehr city in the winter and autumn and in September and January in 2013 and 2014 [100].…”
Section: Geographic Distribution Of CLmentioning
confidence: 99%