Background: Leishmaniasis is a vector borne disease caused by the obligate intracellular
protozoan leishmania. Objective: To assess the prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis and …

Leishmaniasis is rising in many countries, including Iran, due to climate change, refugee
crises, urbanization and etc. The aim of this study was to explore the epidemiology, extent …

Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by the intracellular parasite since long time
ago. The most common form is cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), which causes skin sores …

Sixty-four specimens collected passively from patients with cutaneous ulcers suggestive of
leishmaniasis attending hospital and health centres in all parts of Iraq for diagnosis were …

Background: Leishmaniasis is a re-emerging serious international public health problem,
and both visceral and cutaneous types of leishmaniasis became important endemic …

Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is most common in childhood because children
are exposed to the parasite early and, unlike adults, do not have immunity to CL. Since CL is …

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease transmitted by biting of the
sandfly, it is a severe health problem in many countries and endemic in most regions of Iraq …

Background: In areas of endemicity without sufficient laboratory infrastructure, identification
of Leishmaniaparasites is useful for control and preventive plan and very important since …

Irrigation water management is usually evaluated using technical, economic and
environmental performances indicators. The impacts on human health were not decision …

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniosis in Iraq has 2 forms, zoonotic cutaneous
leishmaniasis (ZCL), which is mainly caused by Leishmania major, and anthroponotic …