Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2023)

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum, Israel, 2018–2021

  • Michal Solomon,
  • Nadav Astman,
  • Karin Warshavsky,
  • Aviv Barzilai,
  • Tal Meningher,
  • Dror Avni,
  • Eli Schwartz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2905.221812
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 5
pp. 988 – 991

Abstract

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic to Israel. Previously, CL caused by Leishmania infantum had been reported in Israel only once (in 2016). We report 8 L. infantum CL cases; 7 occurred during 2020–2021. None of the patients had systemic disease. L. infantum CL may be an emerging infection in Israel.

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