Visceral Leishmaniasis, Northern Somalia, 2013–2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Aalto, Mikko K. ; Sunyoto, Temmy ; Yusuf, Mohamed Ahmed Ali ; Mohamed, Abdiaziz Ahmed ; Van der Auwera, Gert ; Dujardin, Jean-Claude ; Aalto, Mikko K. ; Sunyoto, Temmy ; Yusuf, Mohamed Ahmed Ali ; Mohamed, Abdiaziz Ahmed ; Van der Auwera, Gert ; Dujardin, Jean-Claude
• Description:
  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 there.
• Subjects:
  Leishmania Leishmania Donovani Parasites Promastigote Research Letter Visceral Leishmaniasis Visceral Leishmaniasis, Northern Somalia, 2013–2019
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(1):153-154 ; Emerg Infect Dis. 26(1):153-154
• Pubmed ID:
  31855548
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6924893
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Somalia
• Location:
  Africa ; Africa
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4f9042b3ca8ca9f775617f7131e4c99ac176be421c303bac7be40d7c5333bb14
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83881/cdc_83881_DS1.pdf
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