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Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023
Dispatch

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

Michal SolomonComments to Author , Nadav Astman, Karin Warshavsky, Aviv Barzilai, Tal Meningher, Dror Avni, and Eli Schwartz
Author affiliations: Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel (M. Solomon, N. Astman, K. Warshavsky, A. Barzilai, T. Meningher, D. Avni, E. Schwartz); Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (M. Solomon, N. Astman, K. Warshavsky, A. Barzilai, D. Avni, E. Schwartz)

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Table 2

Clinical and demographic characteristics of 8 patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum, Israel, 2018–2021

Characteristic Value
Mean age, y (range)
 31.8 (10–56)
Sex, no. patients
M 6
F
 2
Exposure area
 Southern and eastern Israel
Mean no. lesions (range)
 2 (1–6)
Anatomic location, no. patients*
Head and neck 2
Upper limbs 3
Lower limbs 4

*Includes multiple locations per patient.

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