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The increase in risk factors for leishmaniasis worldwide
P Desjeux. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001 May-Jun.
Abstract
Economic development leads to changing interactions between humans and their physical and biological environment. Worldwide patterns of human settlement in urban areas have led in developing countries to a rapid growth of mega-cities where facilities for housing, drinking-water and sanitation are inadequate, thus creating opportunities for the transmission of communicable diseases such as leishmaniasis. Increasing risk factors are making leishmaniasis a growing public health concern for many countries around the world. Certain risk factors are new, while others previously known are becoming more significant. While some risk factors are related to a specific eco-epidemiological entity, others affect all forms of leishmaniasis. Risk factors are reviewed here entity by entity.
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- The rise of leishmaniasis in the twenty-first century.
Hotez PJ. Hotez PJ. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2018 Sep 1;112(9):421-422. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/try075. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2018. PMID: 30239944 No abstract available.
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