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Environmental and socioeconomic risk factors associated with visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic review.
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- Visceral leishmaniasis elimination in Ethiopia: insights into epidemiology, transmission, treatment access, and outcome - a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Leishmaniasis in deployed military populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
- qPCR as a Tool for the Diagnosis of Visceral and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Acta parasitologica · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of human visceral leishmaniasis and its risk factors in Eastern Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical criteria for Mucosal Leishmaniasis diagnosis in rural South America: A systematic literature review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Socioeconomic risk factors and human immunosuppressive conditions are major drivers of human leishmaniasis in southern Europe.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Looking Beyond Leishmania infantum: Serological and Molecular Investigation of Leishmania spp. in Domestic Dogs and Cats from a Visceral Leishmaniasis-Endemic Area in Northeastern Brazil.Acta parasitologica · 2026Article
- Antileishmanial activity of gold(I) compounds containing triphenylphosphine ligands against Leishmania amazonensis: impacts on mitochondrial bioenergetics and trypanothione reductase activity.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
- Ruminants Epidemiology, Spatial Clustering and Multivariate Risk Modelling of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in District Bajaur, Pakistan.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Observational
- Patterns and drivers of the distribution of Leishmania infection in humans using environmental and socioeconomic factors: a modeling study in mainland Portugal.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Social Determinants of Health Influencing Leishmaniasis Worldwide: A Systematic Review.Journal of arthropod-borne diseases · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Environmental Factors Influencing Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Importance of a Newly Designed Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Sticky Traps.Journal of tropical medicine · 2026Article
- Investigation of viscerotropism-associated genes inFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Vector-Borne Infections in Romania: From Surveillance to Prediction.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Climatic, environmental, and social factors in Visceral Leishmaniasis: A spatio-temporal perspective in Brazilian biomes.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
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- Epidemiological patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis in north-west Pakistan (2022-2023).BMC public health · 2025Article
- Geospatial technologies for targeting priority areas on surveillance and response of visceral leishmaniasis in São Paulo state, Brazil: embracing a One Health integrative approach.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal analysis of environmental factors associated with visceral leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil, 2007-2022.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Leishmaniases in Ethiopia: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2025Article
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Abstract
We performed a systematic review of the literature published since 1900 about leishmaniasis a neglected vector-borne disease, focused on environmental and social risk factors for visceral (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) to better understand their impact on the incidence of disease. The search terms were "leishmaniasis" AND "risk factors" using Google Scholar, PudMed, and Scielo. We reviewed 177 articles, 95 studies for VL, 75 for CL, and 7 on both forms. We identified 14 categories of risk factors which were divided into three groups: socioeconomic (7), environmental (5), and climate (2) variables. Socioeconomic factors were also associated with disease incidence in vulnerable human populations of arid and tropical developing regions. Environmental and climate factors showed significant associations with the incidence of VL and CL in all the studies that considered them. Proximity to natural vegetation remnants increased disease risk in both the New and Old World while the climate conditions favorable for disease transmission differed among regions. We propose a common conceptual framework for both clinical forms that highlights networks of interaction among risk factors. In both clinical forms, the interplay of these factors played a major role in disease incidence. Although there are similarities in environmental and socioeconomic conditions that mediate the transmission cycle of tropical, arid, and Mediterranean regions, the behavior of vector and reservoirs in each region is different. Special attention should be given to the possibility of vector adaptation to urban environments in developing countries where populations with low socioeconomic status are particularly vulnerable to the disease.
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