Major risk factors and histopathological profile of treatment failure, relapse and chronic patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis: A prospective case-control study on treatment outcome and their medical importance.

Over the last years, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of unresponsive patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) reported worldwide. The primary objective of this study was to explore the role of demographic, clinical and environmental risk related-factors in the dev...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Bamorovat, Iraj Sharifi, Shahriar Dabiri, Simin Shamsi Meymandi, Ali Karamoozian, Rezvan Amiri, Amireh Heshmatkhah, Mehdi Borhani Zarandi, Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian, Fatemeh Sharifi, Reza Kheirandish, Saeid Hassanzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009089