Ongoing Epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Syrian Refugees, Lebanon
Maya Saroufim, Khalil Charafeddine, Grace Issa and 6 more
Emerging Infectious Diseases · 2014
doi:10.3201/eid2010.140288 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
In September 2012, a cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak began among Syrian refugees in Lebanon. For 948 patients in whom leishmaniasis was not confirmed, we obtained samples for microscopic confirmation and molecular speciation. We identified Leishmania tropica in 85% and L. major in 15% of patients. After 3 months of megulamine antimonite therapy, patients initial cure rate was 82%.
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