Visceral Leishmaniasis, Northern Somalia, 2013–2019

We identified visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in a previously unknown focus in northern Somalia. Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of 118 cases during 2013–2019 in Bosaso, the region’s commercial capital, have raised suspicion of visceral leishmaniasis endemicity status...

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Main Authors: Mikko K. Aalto, Temmy Sunyoto, Mohamed Ahmed Ali Yusuf, Abdiaziz Ahmed Mohamed, Gert Van der Auwera, Jean-Claude Dujardin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/1/18-1851_article