Surge in imported cutaneous leishmaniasis cases from Mexico in 2023: a case series

Gabriela Equihua Martinez; Maria Cristina Moreno-Del Castillo; Andreas K Lindner; Gilles Gargala; Gilles Cessot; Charlotte van de Werve; Eric Caumes; Gundel Harms; Ute Aurbach; Beate Kampmann; Pierre Buffet; Cléa Melenotte

doi:10.1093/jtm/taae051

Surge in imported cutaneous leishmaniasis cases from Mexico in 2023: a case series

J Travel Med. 2024 Aug 3;31(6):taae051. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae051.

Affiliations

¹ Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charité Center for Global Health, Institute of International Health, Berlin, Germany.
² Infectious Diseases, Parasitology and Mycology Department, University Hospital, Rouen, France.
³ Centre Médical de l'Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁴ Travel Clinic, Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies, Ottignies, Belgium.
⁵ Hôtel Dieu, Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
⁶ Centre d'Infectiologie Necker Pasteur, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France.

PMID: 38578988
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae051

No abstract available

Keywords: American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania mexicana; NWCL; New World cutaneous leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis diagnosis; neglected tropical diseases.

MeSH terms

Adult
Communicable Diseases, Imported / diagnosis
Communicable Diseases, Imported / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous* / diagnosis
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous* / epidemiology
Male
Mexico / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Travel