The epidemiology of leishmaniases in Leb
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N. Nuwayri-Salti; E. Baydoun; R. El-Tawk; R.Fakhoury Makki; K. Knio
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The prevalence of leishmaniasis in Lebanon was studied in 1993-97 for a Lebanese population sample of about 81 000 subjects (60% rural and 40% urban) constituting roughly 3.4% of the total population. The prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis was found to be 0.18% in the rural versus 0.4 1% in the u