Emergence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nepal

Abstract Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in 70 countries worldwide. Nepal is considered non-endemic for CL and hence the control program is targeted to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) only. Here, we report the emergence of CL cases in different parts of Nepal. Methods We analyzed the...

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Main Authors: Kishor Pandey, Anup Bastola, Gong Haiyan, Uttam Raj Pyakurel, Basu Dev Pandey, Shyam Prakash Dumre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00359-3