TY - JOUR AU - Rhajaoui, Mohamed AU - Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed AU - Fellah, Hajiba AU - Azmi, Kifaya AU - Amarir, Fatima AU - Al-Jawabreh, Amer AU - Ereqat, Suheir AU - Planer, Joseph AU - Abdeen, Ziad T1 - New Clinicoepidemiologic Profile of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Morocco T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 9 SP - 1358 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During the past 20 years, cutaneous leishmaniasis has emerged as a major public health threat in Morocco. We describe distribution of Leishmania major and L. tropica in Morocco and a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L. infantum. We recommend using molecular techniques to diagnose suspected leishmaniasis cases. KW - cutaneous leishmaniasis KW - polymerase chain reaction KW - Leishmania tropica KW - Morocco KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1309.060946 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/9/06-0946_article ER - End of Reference