TY - JOUR AU - Karimi, Taiebeh AU - Sharifi, Iraj AU - Aflatoonian, Mohammad Reza AU - Aflatoonian, Behnaz AU - Mohammadi, Mohammad Ali AU - Salarkia, Ehsan AU - Babaei, Zahra AU - Zarinkar, Farzaneh AU - Sharifi, Fatemeh AU - Hatami, Nima AU - Khosravi, Ahmad AU - Eskandari, Arsalan AU - Solimani, Elyas AU - Shafiee, Mehdi AU - Mozaffari, Masoumeh AU - Heshmatkhah, Amireh AU - Amiri, Rezvan AU - Farajzadeh, Saeideh AU - Kyhani, Alireza AU - Aghaei Afshar, Abbas AU - Jafarzadeh, Abdollah AU - Bamorovat, Mehdi PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/24 TI - A long-lasting emerging epidemic of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeastern Iran: population movement and peri-urban settlements as a major risk factor JO - Parasites & Vectors SP - 122 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Epidemics of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are occurring more frequently and spreading faster and farther than before in many areas of the world. The present study aimed to assess a long-lasting emerging epidemic (2005–2019) of 5532 cases with anthroponotic CL (ACL) in peri-urban areas of Kerman city in southeastern Iran. SN - 1756-3305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04619-3 DO - 10.1186/s13071-021-04619-3 ID - Karimi2021 ER -