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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2020-01-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/1/18-1851_article |