Ecoepidemiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Outbreak, Israel

Abstract

A total of 161 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica occurred in the Jerusalem district during 2004–2005; 127 (79%) cases were in a town just outside Jerusalem. Environmental models suggest that in the context of global warming, this outbreak has the potential to extend into Jerusalem.

Keywords

• Climate
• cutaneous leishmaniasis
• global warming
• Leishmania tropica
• outbreak
• dispatch