ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2018
Leishmaniasis in Northern Syria during Civil War.
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- Vector-borne diseases and the Syrian conflict: A systematic review of literature from Syria and neighbouring, refugee-hosting countries.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Susceptibility to leishmaniasis is affected by host SLC11A1 gene polymorphisms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Parasitology research · 2019Pooled it
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- Quality of life in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Occupational exposure to malaria, leishmaniasis and arbovirus vectors in endemic regions: A systematic review.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2024Review
- The changing epidemiology of human leishmaniasis in the non-endemic country of Austria between 2000 to 2021, including a congenital case.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2001-2018.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Review
- HAS 1: A natural product from soil-isolatedFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
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- The Association Between the Syrian Crisis and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Lebanon.Acta parasitologica · 2021Review
- Spatial and Temporal Variability of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Colombia, 2007 to 2018.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the effect ofJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2020Article
- Relevance of epidemiological surveillance in travelers: an imported case of Leishmania tropica in Mexico.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2020Article
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Syria: A review of available data during the war years: 2011-2018.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Review
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Abstract
Since the onset of the ongoing civil war in Syria, the governmental surveillance system for leishmaniasis has lost access to provinces of northern Syria. The MENTOR Initiative, an international not-for-profit organization, was commissioned to implement an integrated leishmaniasis control program, providing an opportunity to reassess the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in northern Syria. Epidemiologic data and biologic samples for molecular species diagnostics were collected from collaborating local health centers. Incidence peaked in March 2015 at 7,743 estimated monthly cases. High levels of transmission were observed in traditional endemic regions but extended to previously hypoendemic regions, such as Al-Raqqa and Al-Hasakah. Incidence decreased to 3,209 in July 2015. Data indicate that the prewar trend of increasing incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis accelerated during the beginning of armed conflict but declined after implementation of the comprehensive control program by the MENTOR Initiative. Molecular analysis revealed a spectrum of Leishmania species and sporadic cases of visceral leishmaniasis.
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